Pump attendant slashed to death after motorcyclist refuses to pay 40 baht for gas

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Picture: Naew Na

 

A truly shocking crime was committed at an Esso gas station in Pathum Thani in the early hours of Monday morning, reported Naew Na.

 

A gas station pump attendant was slashed to death with a Sparta knife.

 

Thirty nine year old Sorawut Nakwichai from Muang district of Kanchanaburi was found inside the gas station's mini-mart with ten stab wounds to his chest, neck and torso. 

 

He was already dead lying in a pool of blood when the Sam Khok police and Ruam Katanyu foundation arrived at 1.40 am, notified by fellow staffers. 

 

By the mini-mart door was the knife and the assailant's shoes.

 

Thirty meters away was the sheath of the knife and a phone and selfie stick. 

 

It happened on the Pathum Thani to Sam Khok Road in Bang Pho Neua sub-district of Pathum Thani, north of the Thai capital Bangkok.

 

Fellow staff said that a man aged about 20 had arrived on a motorcycle and Sorawut had put 40 baht's worth of fuel in.

 

The assailant then drew a knife and refused to pay. A fellow staffer offered to pay instead but this was turned down by the victim who waved them away. The incident seemed to be over.

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

However, some minutes later the man returned and ran up to Sorawut and attacked him with the knife then chased him into the mini-mart and finished him off. 

 

He then fled on his blue motorcycle along the Pathum - Sam Khok Road. 

 

Pol Lt-Col Watcharapong Thianpatham was on the scene with forensics and medical staff examining CCTV and interviewing staff.

 

The body of the slain pump attendant was taken to Thammasat Chalermprakiat Hospital in Rangsit.

 

Relatives were informed and the police were studying CCTV to find out who committed the horrendous crime. 

 

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[RJRS1301]

• How many lives traumatised by this dreadful act?
• More to this just the petrol by the reading of the article

[Surelynot]

Beggars belief.

[jaiyenyen]

A man just doing his job, working hard. RIP.

I hope the scum that did this is caught quickly. It's a worry that he's walking around freely.

[EricTh]

Pump attendants don't earn much and they work hard. Who would be so ruthless to kill him ? He should be jailed for life.

[Tarteso]

40 Baht, is the human price of this killer.

[worgeordie]

46 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thirty meters away was the sheath of the knife and a phone and selfie stick.

I hope the phone belongs to the killer,and he is quickly caught

and is given a long prison sentence. for 40 THB, !!!

regards Worgeordie

[AlfHuy]

Send him for a week to the victim's family (if he lasts as long).

Piece of sh..

[ramrod711]

Surely the assailant was either on drugs or has a diminished mental capacity. No hope of redemption, put him down like a mad dog.

[trainman34014]

25 minutes ago, ramrod711 said:

Surely the assailant was either on drugs or has a diminished mental capacity. No hope of redemption, put him down like a mad dog.

A diminished mental capacity is a common trait in Thailand.   Scum such as this assailant should be executed as there is never any hope of them becoming Model Citizens and the World is a much better place without them !

[Aomelia]

1 hour ago, EricTh said:

Pump attendants don't earn much and they work hard. Who would be so ruthless to kill him ? He should be jailed for life.

Yeah I always tip

the kids 

[marioc]

The perp and the victim had surely already history.

He first provoked the victim by not paying the petrol and then, because he couldn't satisfy his desire for violence, came back to satisfy his thirst for blood.
This psychopath must be locked forever.

[shady86]

Its time to switch to prepaid for pumps here and introduce self service. 

[kcpattaya]

Gruesome idea that people like that even exist...
I wish him a very slow painful death.

[ChipButty]

probably more to this story, it cant be just about 40 baht 

[Bangkok Barry]

We often read that life in Thailand is worth nothing. Just more proof. I remember a Bangkok taxi driver killing a passenger because of an argument over 100 baht. Never, ever, ever argue with a Thai. Ever. Over anything. It's too risky.

[Nkpjed]

Another piece of <deleted> that deserves nothing less than a quick execution

[Tug]

Meth speed ya ba what ever you call it this screams under the influence of meth.my condolences to those affected poor guy hope they catch the perp and he never sees freedom again 

[katana]

In Thairath, they interviewed his younger half-brother who said he didn't know who could have done it. But thinking on it he said a few weeks a go he'd had a fight with the security guard at the Nissan Centre opposite the petrol station who had apparently lost his job over it. That was the only thing he could think of.

Edited March 23, 2021 by katana