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Pattaya — Foreign tourists, reported to be of Indian nationality, engaged in a violent brawl with Thai people right on Pattaya Beach Road early today, sending shockwaves through the city just one day before its New Year’s celebration.

For those interested, the video of the incident. Keep in mind, although nobody was seriously injured and the video is not graphic, extremely sensitive viewers should use caution. https://fb.watch/pd1DYdAKjL/?mibextid=Nif5oz

 

On December 28th, 2023, at dawn, local residents and joggers running along Pattaya Beach captured the shocking incident on video, which quickly went viral on Thai social media. The roughly one-minute clip depicted Thai and Indian people, both men and women, exchanging blows in the middle of busy Pattaya Beach Road near Soi 13 in the Nongprue sub-district.

 

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The video showed individuals wielding dangerous objects like sticks over a meter long, belts, glass bottles, and even metal kitchen ladles. The aggressive behavior brought traffic on part of Beach Road to a standstill as onlookers feared getting caught in the crossfire. Despite the distressed cries of women in the vicinity, no one dared intervene, and the brawl continued unabated for an unknown period.

 

By Tanakorn Panyadee

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Full story: THE PPATTAYA NEWS 2023-12-29

 

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Everybody was Kung Fu fighting.

 

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

Despite the distressed cries of women in the vicinity

 

It wasn't women, it was one ladyboi, and she was yelling "get em!"    _{- probably}

 

More quality tourists I see!

What was it over I wonder?

Thailand wants mass tourism from India and unfortunately this seems to have attracted the dregs of their society.  Especially in Pattaya.

16 minutes ago, TimBKK said:

Thailand wants mass tourism from India and unfortunately this seems to have attracted the dregs of their society.  Especially in Pattaya.

We don't know what happened, so your judgement is premature.

I personally doubt tourists of any nation would randomly start attacking locals as a group.

36 minutes ago, Deserted said:

What was it over I wonder?

My bet is on gold necklace.

Indian's are usually placid. Picking up weapons escalates it, lucky Thais didn't get their guns out

59 minutes ago, Deserted said:

What was it over I wonder?

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Everyone can relax - no police officers were disturbed by this incident that happened 4 blocks from the police station.

I'm guessing a dispute with a food vendor, perhaps over non-payment for food eaten by the customers ? That would explain the ladles (and ladies in food vendor outfits) and a few locals trying to help out those ladies.





 

but the incident has cast a shadow over Pattaya’s image as a peaceful tourist destination, 

 

 Please!!!! Try to restore that heavenly image ASAP! I'm in a state of shock! 

3 minutes ago, Kerryd said:

Everyone can relax - no police officers were disturbed by this incident that happened 4 blocks from the police station.
I'm guessing a dispute with a food vendor, perhaps over non-payment for food eaten by the customers ? That would explain the ladles (and ladies in food vendor outfits) and a few locals trying to help out those ladies.

I'm surprised there were no ladyboys involved, this is normally their hunting grounds for Indians wearing gold chains???

No I reckon they are Kashmiri by the use of the ladle, seen it on top road Manchester 

 

1 hour ago, TimBKK said:

Thailand wants mass tourism from India and unfortunately this seems to have attracted the dregs of their society.  Especially in Pattaya.

Both go well together.

5 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Both go well together.

 

5 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Both go well together.

 

If you know Pattaya and go to the bars and chat to the girls almost all of them will tell you the guys they avoid the most are the Chinese and the Indians for many reasons, one of them being they like to slap women about. 

1 hour ago, Deserted said:

What was it over I wonder?

A request for extra straws.....(well someone had to).

Odd time for a fracas, dawn.

2 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

A request for extra straws.....(well someone had to).

Odd time for a fracas, dawn.

It could have been over which country was better, India or Thailand.

I remember staying at the LK Empress on beach rd, and the Indian women would sit at the table in front of hotel and eat and drink their own food. and refused to leave when asked.          This was about five years ago 

1 minute ago, Rocking Robert said:

I remember staying at the LK Empress on beach rd, and the Indian women would sit at the table in front of hotel and eat and drink their own food. and refused to leave when asked.          This was about five years ago 

Yes, I have seen that sort of thing quite a lot of times myself. They appear to feel a right to any seat left out in public, or enter a venue and gawp and refusing to buy anything. A quandary for many polite locals. 

2 hours ago, Deserted said:

What was it over I wonder?

Baht?

2 hours ago, Deserted said:

What was it over I wonder?

Word on the street is that one of the Thais said Indian curries smell funny. 

1 minute ago, Homburg said:

Baht?

 

I think it was over an argument about whose food is better, Indian or Thai.

1 hour ago, 2baht said:

I'm surprised there were no ladyboys involved, this is normally their hunting grounds for Indians wearing gold chains???

It wasn't worth the ladyboys turning-up; they've already nicked all the chains.

Those Indians proved to be a handful, you see and hear about them often and not good things...

Just another misunderstanding about the war in the Middle East.

 

One of the Indians said -- Free Free Palestine.

 

A Thai heard that and said -- No! You f-rang from another mother, no free for you. You pay now!

5 hours ago, Deserted said:

What was it over I wonder?

 You want HOW many straws  with this can of coke?

1 hour ago, Iron Tongue said:

We don't know what happened, so your judgement is premature.

I personally doubt tourists of any nation would randomly start attacking locals as a group.

 

YOU don't know what happened as you didn't read the link. At least, what an eyewitness reported, Strange term that, eyewitness. How else can you witness something?

6 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Those Indians proved to be a handful, you see and hear about them often and not good things...

 

Same as Chinese, Thailand attracts bottom of the barrel. I've known and worked with many Indians, shared a house with an Indian family, been on holiday with one, had an Indian boss who invited me to her house for dinner.

1 hour ago, cowellandrew said:

No I reckon they are Kashmiri by the use of the ladle, seen it on top road Manchester 

 

So, they stole the ladle, and that is what the fight was over... interesting, or are you suggesting Indians carry a ladle wherever they go... again, interesting. My take is you simply came up with some BS.

2 hours ago, Deserted said:

What was it over I wonder?

With 4am closing It could have been that the breakfast menu wasn't up to par?