Tourist stabbed in Phuket

[roo860]

A BRITISH MAN IS STABBED WHILE TRYING TO STOP A FIGHT IN PATONG
-May 19, 2024 11:13 am

"Thai and foreign good Samaritans helped bring the British man who was injured to the ambulance on May 18, 2024.
PHUKET – A fight broke out between a foreigner and a group of Thai teenagers in Soi Bangla Street, a famous entertainment area in Patong, Kathu District, Phuket. A British man who tried to intervene was injured by a knife on his left rib.

The incident took place on the roadside, close to a convenience store where the injured person, Mr. Charlie, a British national, ran to seek help. Good Samaritans and another foreigner who happened to be at the scene provided initial first aid. Afterward, officials transported him to Patong Hospital.

 

Read more here:  https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2024/05/19/a-british-man-is-stabbed-while-trying-to-stop-a-fight-in-patong/

 

[richard_smith237]

Will get this get the same degree of media attention and netizen outrage as it would has roles been reversed and a foreigner stabbed a Thai ?????   

 

 

From the linked article: 

[ Police Colonel Chalermchai Hernsawat, Superintendent of Patong Police Station in Phuket, revealed that they now know the identities of the perpetrators, believed to be a group of Thais. The investigative team is urgently tracking them down for questioning ]....

 

And hopefully charging the one who stabbed the foreigner with attempted murder.

 

 

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Of course, most people responding are more likely 'victim blame' and point the finger at the foreigner for getting involved in the first place...   they wouldn't be wrong of course, but that doesn't lessen the point that this is attempted murder with a deadly weapon....   

 

The British lad was reportedly coughing up blood - this is serious (punctured lung ?).

 

 

[steven100]

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

Will this get the same degree of media attention and netizen outrage as it would had the roles been reversed and a foreigner stabbed a Thai ?????   

 

 

read your original question again ....  had you been drinking when you wrote this ....  haha 

 

anyway,   back to your question ......  I think you already know the answer to that     !    

 

[save the frogs]

Actually, this story is more mind-blowing than yours .. what a name for a business ... BLOODSTOCK!

 

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2024/04/20/a-french-suspect-in-a-plot-to-kidnap-a-thai-ceos-daughter-is-released-on-bail/

 

 a 45-year-old French woman suspected of leading a group of foreigners in a plot to rob and kidnap the 7-year-old daughter of a wealthy Thai businesswoman... 

 

Ms. IIssaree Suwunnavid, CEO of Knightsbridge Bloodstock and KXCO, a blockchain technology business, filed a police report stating that a gang of foreigners was intending to abduct her seven-year-old daughter and demand a ransom of more than 200 million baht, or about 5.4 million USD...

 

[still kicking]

I am not surprised you only get spoon and fork when eating, the knife stays in the pocket.

[richard_smith237]

52 minutes ago, steven100 said:

2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Will this get the same degree of media attention and netizen outrage as it would had the roles been reversed and a foreigner stabbed a Thai ?????   

 

 

read your original question again ....  had you been drinking when you wrote this ....  haha 

 

anyway,   back to your question ......  I think you already know the answer to that     !    

 

 

You'll have to explain that one  steven...      the original question was quite clear. 

 

If the roles were reversed...  we'd see this news everywhere...   But we we are not.

....  There would be PBS, ThaiRath, Coconuts, Thaiger articles...     but what do we have when its a foreigner stabbed by a Thai ???...  one article, linked by a forum member.  

[steven100]

57 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

You'll have to explain that one  steven...      the original question was quite clear. 

 

If the roles were reversed...  we'd see this news everywhere...   But we we are not.

....  There would be PBS, ThaiRath, Coconuts, Thaiger articles...     but what do we have when its a foreigner stabbed by a Thai ???...  one article, linked by a forum member.  

 

please read :  

 

[roo860]

This is the video from Ch34 this morning, I had problems trying to upload it, think it's OK now. You can see the Thai guy grab the knife.

[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

 

please read :  

 

 

You mean the typo... Has / had   ???  - otherwise, any point you are attempting to make is falling flat on its face and is completely lost on me... 

 

 

<<<  Will get this get the same degree of media attention and netizen outrage as it would had roles been reversed and a foreigner stabbed a Thai ?????    >>>

 

 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Will get this get the same degree of media attention and netizen outrage as it would has roles been reversed and a foreigner stabbed a Thai ?????   

 

After roo860's second post - perhaps this is now getting the media attention it deserves.....

 

...  will we see similar netizen outrage to that when a foreigner attacks a Thai ?

 

 

 

[brianthainess]

I am saddened by the amount of violence now in Thailand .......

My wife got attacked  on Friday evening................long story.

[still kicking]

2 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

I am saddened by the amount of violence now in Thailand .......

My wife got attacked  on Friday evening................long story.

I guess it is not just Thailand in Australia we had 6 knife attacks in 1 week

[Jai Dee]

This story continues in the Phuket News Forum here.

 

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