Knife used against gunman: Thai worker stabbed to death after pistol whipping by colleague

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: Knife used against gun 

 

Daily News reported that Lt-Col Phitak Hormthong of the Tha Kham police went to a three story town house on Rama 2 Road, Soi 68 in the Samae Dam area of Bangkok after a stabbing resulted in the death of a man.

 

Dead on the third floor of a property rented by a contractor to house workers was 43 year old Rungrawee "Rung" Saengyotha.

 

He had two chest wounds and one to the abdomen inflicted by a knife. He had a gun attached to the back of his belt.

 

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The assailant was at the scene with a 6 inch knife. This was 51 year old Chaiyaporn "Jim" Wannarak. He had head wounds for which he received first aid before being taken to the police station.

 

Jim said that he had been drinking with work colleagues when Rung stated sarcastically and with force that he was not working as hard as he should.

 

An argument ensued in which the younger man pistol whipped the older one.

 

He responded by using the knife he had with him.

 

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[edwinchester]

".....said that he had been drinking with work colleagues...."

 

Another quote that should be in every journalists cut and paste.

[Moonlover]

There's something a bit strange about this story. It is claimed that the victim 'pistol whipped' the knife wielding attacker who murdered him. And yet 'He had a gun attached to the back of his belt'.

 

So, did he calmly reattach the gun to its clip on his belt whilst being subjected to a frenzied knife attack? Odd behaviour for a man whose life is under threat. Very strange indeed.

 

[NE1]

I would say the gun toter was asleep at the time of the attack.

[RafPinto]

Solly. I was a little bit drunk. A wai and all will be good.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Jim said that he had been drinking with work colleagues when Rung stated sarcastically and with force that he was not working as hard as he should.

 

An argument ensued in which the younger man pistol whipped the older one.

 

He responded by using the knife he had with him.

Note to self: give Thai drinking parties a wide-berth.

[Regyai]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Note to self: give Thai drinking parties a wide-berth.

or at the very least be circumspect with your pistol-whippings

[DBath]

Whoever coined the phrase, “Never bring a knife to a gun fight.”, apparently misspoke.  

[Skeptic7]

Drunk, high, angry, unstable, violent, overreactive, dangerous, vengeful, vicious and pea-brained. So many Thai males are made up of this perilous blend of bad qualities. 

[spidermike007]

Huh? He pistol shipped the guy, then calmly put the gun back in the holster, just in time for the guy to start stabbing him? Not impossible, as most would not try stabbing someone holding a pistol. But, something smells a little fishy here. And when that fish stinks, you gotta start questioning things! 

[Regyai]

Well any time you deploy a pistol and it doesnt involve every opponent receiving two heavy caliber center mass hits..... and you REMAIN in their company, stabbing seems the least of your worries

[BangkokReady]

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Knife used against gunman: Thai worker stabbed to death after pistol whipping by colleague

Terrible headline.  It makes it sound like the person who was stabbed was the one who was also pistol whipped.  Lose the "by" and will read correctly.

 

"Thai worker stabbed to death after pistol whipping colleague"

[BangkokReady]

On 4/28/2022 at 3:13 PM, Moonlover said:

There's something a bit strange about this story.

On 4/29/2022 at 2:30 PM, spidermike007 said:

something smells a little fishy here

Simple.  The gun man berated the knife man; knife man gave him some back; gun man belted him with the gun; knife guy backed down and apologised; things calmed down and gun man put his gun away and relaxed; time passed and everyone relaxed, except for knife man.  Knife man was stewing on the altercation for several minutes before getting a knife from the kitchen, calmly approaching gun man and stabbing him three time;  no chance for gun man to even reach for his gun.