rooster59 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Chiang Mai: "Farang" attacked me from behind, tried to kill me and robbed me, says bloodied Thai student Caption: Farang smashed his head in Image: Sanook A 24 year old Thai student has told Thai media from his hospital bed how he was attacked from behind while taking photographs in the Doi Suthep - Pui park area on Wednesday. Theeraphat told Sanook that what he thought was a white European man came up behind him and hit hit with a heavy object. He managed to escape and hide in the undergrowth. Later he realised that his photographic equipment and wallet were missing. Other tourists helped him to safety and the matter is now in the hands of the police, he said. Sanook were alerted to the incident after a senior at a university in Chiang Mai posted on Facebook about it. They telephoned Theeraphat who spoke from his hospital bed in Maharat Nakhon Chiang Mai Hospital yesterday. He said that he is a fourth year student and on Wednesday he had ridden on a motorbike to the Suthep - Pui area to take photographs. He was alone. After parking his bike at a viewpoint area known as Doi Hua Moo he went along a nature trail and set up his tripod and camera. He then felt a heavy blow to his head from behind and thought he had been attacked by a club. He turned to see that a man who looked like a European was attacking him with a heavy object, he was not sure exactly what. Further blows rained down on his head and he almost fell. He believed the man was trying to kill him. He managed to run off and after stumbling rolled down a ravine suffering further injuries to his body. He hid in some undergrowth and tried to stay as quiet as possible fearing that the foreigner would come after him. He was trying to get a signal on his phone and took a selfie of his injuries to his head. He was shocked to see that he was covered in blood over his head and body. When he felt it was safe he climbed back up the ravine to where he had set up his tripod. His camera, tripod, bad with two lenses and wallet were all missing. There was no sign of the assailant. Some other tourists came to his aid and were shocked at his appearance. They gave him water. An ambulance was called and it arrived after about one hour and he was taken to hospital where he was found to have six wounds to his head and injuries to his body from rolling down the ravine. The matter was reported to Phupingratchaniwet police in whose jurisdiction the attack took place. Theeraphat said he hoped to be released from hospital soon and will then give further details to the police before hopefully going home to Phrae to recover from the attack. Sanook made no mention of having contacted the police to confirm this story, notes Thaivisa. Source: Sanook -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-02-15 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post anterian Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 Did the farang attack him with a zimmer frame? 4 1 1 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BobBKK Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 Big Foot? 3 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThreeEyedRaven Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 30 minutes ago, rooster59 said: Theeraphat told Sanook that what he thought was a white European man came up behind him and hit hit with a heavy object. Not an Australian, American or Canadian then? Caucasian would have been a better term to use. I find, as is common with Thai reporting, multiple salient facts missing from the story which sounds extremely strange, and somewhat dubious. I am sure the TVF sleuths will work it out in due course though. 21 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shadowofacloud Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 Definitely a white European and certainly an overstayer or a tourist visa abuser - you could just see it in his filthy little european eyes. 10 2 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post neeray Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) 32 minutes ago, rooster59 said: He turned to see that a man who looked like a European was attacking him I would think that a European looks about the same as an American, Aussie, Kiwi or a Canadian. Maybe the victim relates (in his mind) more to Europeans. Perhaps "white skinned" would be more accurate. He's lucky though that this was the extent of his injuries. Hope he recovers soon and returns to his education. Edited February 15, 2020 by neeray Words added 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThaiBunny Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, ThreeEyedRaven said: Not an Australian, American or Canadian then? Caucasian would have been a better term to use. I find, as is common with Thai reporting, multiple salient facts missing from the story which sounds extremely strange, and somewhat dubious. I am sure the TVF sleuths will work it out in due course though. European is universally used outside Thailand in the same sense of race rather than nationality or geography. It corresponds to the groupings the British police use. Perhaps she should have reported him as an "IC1, male"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_codes Edited February 15, 2020 by ThaiBunny 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PatOngo Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 47 minutes ago, rooster59 said: what he thought was a white European man Yeah right! We all know the Thai power of thought! 7 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sanuk711 Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 jussie smollett ,,,,,comes to mind............ 9 2 2 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legend49 Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 1 hour ago, ThreeEyedRaven said: Not an Australian, American or Canadian then? Caucasian would have been a better term to use. I find, as is common with Thai reporting, multiple salient facts missing from the story which sounds extremely strange, and somewhat dubious. I am sure the TVF sleuths will work it out in due course though. He turned to see that a man who looked like a European was attacking him with a heavy object, he was not sure exactly what. He thinks he is European, what dose a European look like would be a good debrief question. He is not sure of the object either. Very much a BS story. Maybe he was taking pervy pictures like the Chaing Mai woman did in yesterdays TV. Is there a new Thai sport being developed here? 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post klauskunkel Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 Now let's see what the BMW Smart Car can do with this. 7 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Swede65 Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) What strike me as odd is that when he got back up he found the camera and WALLET was missing... Hmmm... Did he have his wallet out taking pictures of it or? Or did he lose it tumbling down? No matter what happened a sad story, either because it really happened or the need to make something up... Edited February 15, 2020 by Swede65 19 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 Let us wait, and see if this story has some validity. Could be a Smollett kind of deal. Or there could have been some sort of provocation. Or it could be real. If it is real, let us hope they catch this guy and lock him up. There is no place for this kind of thing here. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Redline Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 Do Europeans hit differently? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cardinalblue Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 Was it a white skinned Thai? i have my doubts about accuracy of story.... 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post car720 Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 He owed money and this was the best excuse he could fine. 4 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 2 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said: Not an Australian, American or Canadian then? Caucasian would have been a better term to use. I find, as is common with Thai reporting, multiple salient facts missing from the story which sounds extremely strange, and somewhat dubious. I am sure the TVF sleuths will work it out in due course though. Caucasian Americans, Australians and Canadians are European invaders really! ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlescharliechilds Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 2 hours ago, shadowofacloud said: Definitely a white European and certainly an overstayer or a tourist visa abuser - you could just see it in his filthy little european eyes. You sound like you were there lol, the photo is of the Thai student, whose eyes did you see? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Please keep us all updated on developments related to this story. Something does not ring true here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingstonkid Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 1 minute ago, natway09 said: Please keep us all updated on developments related to this story. Something does not ring true here It should actually be easy to catch whoever did it. All the police have to do is wait until someone either pawns or sells a camera online., There are a lot of questions the first being why did he not fight back. If he had his phone why was he not able to take a pic of his assailant? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, kingstonkid said: It should actually be easy to catch whoever did it. All the police have to do is wait until someone either pawns or sells a camera online., There are a lot of questions the first being why did he not fight back. If he had his phone why was he not able to take a pic of his assailant? could be staged incident and he or friend still hane camera ezuipment 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Could be. Ya never know what hooligans are lurking out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxe1200 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 I cannot think of any farang who opposes taken photos around Doi Suthep, or what was the motive? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Just Weird Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, PatOngo said: Yeah right! We all know the Thai power of thought! No, "we" don't "all know that", you think you do, though, and you also seem to think that lame attempts at chronic ridiculing of Thais is amusing. Edited February 15, 2020 by Just Weird 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 55 minutes ago, Redline said: Do Europeans hit differently? Maybe, but the point is that the victim saw him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) 56 minutes ago, cardinalblue said: Was it a white skinned Thai? i have my doubts about accuracy of story.... Yes, they look exactly like Europeans, don't they? Edited February 15, 2020 by Just Weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 3 hours ago, rooster59 said: Theeraphat told Sanook that what he thought was a white European man came up behind him and hit hit with a heavy object. Thank god we Brits left the EU, they can't blame me for this one now! 2 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Just Weird Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 31 minutes ago, kingstonkid said: If he had his phone why was he not able to take a pic of his assailant? Have a guess. Perhaps it was because he was being clubbed over the head from behind at the time? 5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatoichi Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 No “Operation White Eagle” being organized to crack down on the Europeans coming here causing problems and bringing criminality with them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongdee Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Low class people, the boy get attacked and you try to make a joke about it , hope your not going to be the next because ,Thailanc start to be s little crazy with people try to survive, hope he heal fast , once a Swiss drugs addict did the same to me , hit me from behind, I kicked the <deleted> out off him anded us up at the Policeoffice where he payef for his aggression 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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