A YOUNG British woman holidaying in Indian Kashmir has been found dead in a pool of blood on a houseboat.
Police have arrested a Dutch man on suspicion of her murder.
The 43-year-old was taken into custody as he tried to flee the scenic Kashmir valley in the foothills of the Himalayas, police superintendent Tahir Sajjad said on Saturday.
"We walked into a pool of blood in her room," Sajjad said.
"We found a sharp-edged knife close to her body. The young lady had multiple stab wounds."
The attacker broke the latch on the cabin door of the 24-year-old British tourist who'd been staying in the houseboat on the picturesque Dal Lake in the Indian Kashmir city of Srinagar for two months.
Police were investigating whether the victim had been sexually assaulted in the incident, which comes after a string of attacks on tourists travelling in India.
They said her body had been sent for a post-mortem examination.
"We can confirm the Jammu and Kashmir police have the body of a British woman. We have contacted the next-of-kin and we are providing consular assistance to the family," a British High Commission (embassy) spokeswoman told AFP in New Delhi.
"At this moment, we cannot reveal the identity of the woman," she added.
In a statement, the police said that the victim was from Manchester.
Police said they had arrested the suspect in a taxi near Qazigund, 75 kilometres south of Srinagar on the highway leading out of the Kashmir valley.
He had been staying in the same houseboat as the victim and had arrived on Thursday, they said.
He had allegedly fled in a small boat which capsized as he was trying to reach the shore, forcing him to swim. The suspect was carrying only his passport when he was arrested, police said.
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