Karma: Thai man killed by Buddha statue during temple rampage

[webfact]

A Thai man, who attacked a monk at a temple in Chon Buri province, later died after the sharp head of a Buddha statue pierced his chest during a rampage in the temple’s main hall. Locals suggested that his death appeared to be the swift result of karma.

 

Residents in the Banbung district of Chon Buri province sought assistance from Banbung Police Station officers at about 1pm yesterday, February 27, after a Thai man, 49 year old Ek, went on a rampage and attacked a monk named Best.

According to residents, Ek was under the influence of methamphetamine, also known as Yaba. He and Best were friends, and Ek stayed with Best at the temple for a few days before the incident took place.

 

Officers arrived at the temple and discovered that Ek hid himself in the main hall. He locked all the doors and windows and destroyed Buddha statues inside the hall.

Police waited outside for safety reasons, suspecting Ek might have a weapon in his hands. They called Ek and told him to surrender to the police but, as there was no response, they decided to break down the door and enter.

 

To their shock, they saw Ek lying dead in a pool of blood. A statue of Buddha was lying on Ek’s chest and the sharp head of the statue was piercing his chest. A video of the operation showed police and locals shouting and screaming at the shocking incident.

 

Police suspect that Ek was trying to climb on top of the largest statue in the main hall to destroy it. However, he accidentally slipped off the large statue and fell onto the pointed head of a smaller statue. The head pierced Ek’s heart and lungs, killing him.

 

The monk, Best, confessed to the police that he took Yaba with his friend Ek and agreed to leave the monkhood for his misconduct.

Best explained that Ek took the drug and attacked him in the morning by hitting his arm with a fluorescent tube. He ran away from his accommodation to seek help from other monks, while Ek ran into the main hall and began destroying statues.

 

by Petch Petpailin

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Source: The Thaiger 2024-02-28

 

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[kwan]

Was there a Barn Owl about ?

[Emdog]

"The monk, Best, confessed to the police that he took Yaba with his friend Ek and agreed to leave the monkhood for his misconduct."

Good choice

"Best explained that Ek took the drug and attacked him in the morning by hitting his arm with a fluorescent tube." Really? It's hard not to break those, the glass is so thin.

Reinforces the name of the drug: 'drug crazy' in translation. Even among Best of friends

[spidermike007]

What a waste of a man, as cold as it sounds I suspect that maybe even his mother is not going to miss him. 

[steven100]

good riddance drug addict.  not welcome in this world.

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

The monk, Best, confessed to the police that he took Yaba with his friend Ek and agreed to leave the monkhood for his misconduct.

Best explained that Ek took the drug and attacked him in the morning by hitting his arm with a fluorescent tube. He ran away from his accommodation to seek help from other monks, while Ek ran into the main hall and began destroying statues.

Thai Buddhism at it's finest.

[mikebell]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

The monk, Best, confessed to the police that he took Yaba with his friend Ek and agreed to leave the monkhood for his misconduct.

He probably joined the monkhood to escape other criminal charges.

[brianthainess]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

According to residents, Ek was under the influence of methamphetamine, also known as Yaba. He and Best were friends, and Ek stayed with Best at the temple for a few days before the incident took place

All sounds a bit suss  to me

 

22 hours ago, webfact said:

A Thai man, who attacked a monk at a temple in Chon Buri province, later died after the sharp head of a Buddha statue pierced his chest during a rampage in the temple’s main hall

Did Best the monk junky, leave very quickly?

 

23 hours ago, webfact said:

He locked all the doors and windows and destroyed Buddha statues inside the hall.

Don't they have spare keys? why would it be lockable from the inside? Did Best have a key?

[n00dle]

22 hours ago, steven100 said:

good riddance drug addict.  not welcome in this world.

i think the same thing when alcoholics come to unpleasant ends.

[n00dle]

6 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

All sounds a bit suss  to me

 

Did Best the monk junky, leave very quickly?

 

Don't they have spare keys? why would it be lockable from the inside? Did Best have a key?

As usual Brian, you have struck deep to the heart of the issue, asking all of the burning questions and homing in with a laser focus on the very crux of the matter.

Well done

[brianthainess]

1 minute ago, n00dle said:

As usual Brian, you have struck deep to the heart of the issue, asking all of the burning questions and homing in with a laser focus on the very crux of the matter.

Well done

It seems to be in my Genes my dad worked in fleet street as an office runner, and had no qualms in asking personate questions to anybody through out his life. He would have made a good investigative reporter, but then the war came along after he worked in a book factory. 

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, mikebell said:

He probably joined the monkhood to escape other criminal charges.

Being a monk doesn't provide immunity from criminal charges.

[Rimmer]

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[kwan]

23 hours ago, kwan said:

Was there a Barn Owl about ?

 

[proton]

Karma is a myth for simpletons to believe in

[steven100]

6 hours ago, n00dle said:

i think the same thing when alcoholics come to unpleasant ends.

 

in my day they didn't condemn alcoholics,  but they certainly condemned drug addicts.

[john donson]

is this a typical thai thing where 'friends' end up beating each other up or kill ?

[Joe Farang]

Bloody Ek

[still kicking]

On 2/29/2024 at 7:16 PM, steven100 said:

 

in my day they didn't condemn alcoholics,  but they certainly condemned drug addicts.

No need for drugs or alcohol just kill people when you get upset.

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[n00dle]

On 2/29/2024 at 6:16 PM, steven100 said:

 

in my day they didn't condemn alcoholics,  but they certainly condemned drug addicts.

Hypocrisy, innit?

[Denim]

Bye Ek. Nout so queer as folk.