Belgian Tourist Dies After Brutal Attack in Hua Hin

[Pouatchee]

9 minutes ago, gravity101 said:

Not sure you understand what trolling is lol. He was obviously trolling, no one really thinks weed makes you aggressive, it doesn't need to be countered. Of course being stoned he may not have seen the obvious. 😆

 

i know this guy very well, and youre right... the worst kind of troll. his avatar used to be a picture of prayut... gives you an idea of this guy's mindset. if i didnt know better i would say he has daddy issues

[rwill]

Sad story. 

Obviously they know who the attacker is if they state he has a criminal record.

If anyone deserves execution it is someone like this idiot.

[Hakuna Matata]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

smoking a cigarette on the pavement

 

R.I.P.

 

Conclusion: don't smoke a cigarette on the pavement.

 

Those brutal Germans in Huahin should be avoided.

[Neeranam]

Probably paid off the police already, around 2 million baht..

[pookett]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The German attacker roamed the area for hours after the assault before being apprehended by police.

...and then?

💰🦅

[harryviking]

4 hours ago, save the frogs said:

so that means totally unprovoked and no motive?

No matter the reason, he did NOT deserve this! 

[Cabradelmar]

I remember the initial report... and still no update on the attacker... me thinks he already fled to Germany. They still (if possible) need to track down the animal who did this.

[bob smith]

17 minutes ago, ryandb said:

 

 

Isolated incidents, there's thousands of us... They don't report on Bob walked safely down the street all week this week.  I've lived on the islands 4 years not been in 1 fight or even a heated situation and actually never witnessed one outside of the sanctioned MT events.

 

I've lived in many countries and Thailand is probably the safest I've ever felt, including Britain where I'm from.

why did you leave the other 3?

 

bob.

[ravip]

4 hours ago, Celsius said:

It is a trash town a lot worse than Pattaya.

 

Even the beach is dirtier.

 

Another world class family resort, 

Yikes!

So... foreigners are coming and creating trash towns in Thailand!

[Korat Kiwi]

I remember the German guy being mentioned/reported on when he assaulted the British guy. 

 

Nothing more ie a follow up was forthcoming.  He was known to police as a troublemaker/weirdo. 

 

Time to do some investigative work and see what their result was

[Kinok Farang]

The attacker is probably in Argentina now.

[ryandb]

13 minutes ago, Kinok Farang said:

The attacker is probably in Argentina now.

or working for NASA

[Butts]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

including a significant operation on his birthday

Very Detailed account of the operation date, but what about the assailant, later identified as a German national with a criminal record and ties to a local fight club, also attacked a British man the same night? Just leaves us to ponder how much he paid the lunch man to get off...... Valkenborg's dead and Joe Ferrari has another super car in his garage 🤣

[theblether]

The article is a death announcement, not a criminal investigative spiel. The relevant part was his distressed friend staying with him to the end. All praise to a genuine friend. 

 

I was disappointed by the passive aggressive vibe in Hua Hin last Christmas. I was the innocent party in a couple of remarkable incidents. 

 

HH used to be a sleepy backwater and I loved it. The worst thing they ever did was put the ferry on from Pattaya. It put HH on the radar of a brigade of weirdos. 

 

My police mate from CM who worked in HH said the cancellation of that ferry was celebrated at the police station. "Not normal farangs" as he put it. 

 

RIP to this gentleman. An utter tragedy his life was cut short by a lunatic. 

[nahkit]

4 hours ago, rocketboy2 said:

Nah, not a trash town,

But sure is a one horse town.

Must be a really busy horse because the only time I visited the place the beach was covered in horse manure.

[n00dle]

1 hour ago, gravity101 said:

no one really thinks weed makes you aggressive,

 

Sadly after generations of misinformation and being equated with far more serious drugs like heroin, cocaine, or meth there is a shockingly large number of people who believe getting blind drunk is fine, but that using cannabis is somehow dangerous and amoral. 

[IamNoone88]

This attacker and alleged murderer needs to be found.

[The Theory]

4 hours ago, Celsius said:

Another world class family resort, 

Junkies and psychos could be anywhere, you just have not met them yet 🤔

[Jackbenimble]

Not a single mention of what happened to his attacker? Makes me wonder what ever happened to journalism?

[Jackbenimble]

4 hours ago, steven100 said:

do security guards there also kick farang in the head when they are on the ground ?

probably...........if they've been shooting their drunken mouths off and challenging everyone to a fight. The thing about Thailand is if you go looking for trouble you'll very likely find it.

[Oliver Holzerfilled]

"His close friend, Danny Lemmens, was by his side during his final hours,"

 

Good on his mate.  But where was the "Thai girlfriend?"  🤔

[Seppius]

13 minutes ago, Jackbenimble said:

Not a single mention of what happened to his attacker? Makes me wonder what ever happened to journalism?

Always the same, what happened to the Swiss guy? or the Brit that killed the Russian? To name two recent cases

[Keeps]

5 minutes ago, Oliver Holzerfilled said:

"His close friend, Danny Lemmens, was by his side during his final hours,"

 

Good on his mate.  But where was the "Thai girlfriend?"  🤔

Quite possibly in Thailand as Mr. Valkenborg appeared to pass away in Belgium.

[jvs]

8 minutes ago, Oliver Holzerfilled said:

"His close friend, Danny Lemmens, was by his side during his final hours,"

 

Good on his mate.  But where was the "Thai girlfriend?"  🤔

The man died in his home country,if the girlfriend was just a friend she probably can not just fly to Belgium.

Not easy for a Thai girl to get a Schengen visa.

[georgegeorgia]

4 hours ago, bob smith said:

When are we all going admit that Thailand can be a dangerous place to live?

 

Personally I have never had any physical trouble myself, perhaps because I am quite a big fella and look a bit intimidating, but I have personally witnessed many violent altercations between locals and expats alike over the years.

 

The islands in Thailand are particularly dangerous as they are mostly run by influential mafia families.

 

Always remember that Thailand isn't some kind of Asian utopia. It is just like anywhere else in the world, and you must always be on your guard in case the worst should happen.

 

bob.

Yes and they all say Philippines is the dangerous place.

 

I have never had any problem in the Philippines at all , security guards and police on every corner 

 

Thailand is more dangerous in my opinion 

[georgegeorgia]

21 minutes ago, Jackbenimble said:

probably...........if they've been shooting their drunken mouths off and challenging everyone to a fight. The thing about Thailand is if you go looking for trouble you'll very likely find it.

But this elderly man didn't ,he was hit from behind then continuous bashed to the head 

[Crash999]

4 hours ago, bob smith said:

When are we all going admit that Thailand can be a dangerous place to live?

 

Personally I have never had any physical trouble myself, perhaps because I am quite a big fella and look a bit intimidating, but I have personally witnessed many violent altercations between locals and expats alike over the years.

You should be more worried about fellow foreigners than the locals. Like the guy in this article, a German going around punching people. We hear ever time a local taxi driver goes nuts and kills a foreigner, but over the years there has been a constant stream of often grisly murders between foreigners that quickly fall off the radar. And we are by far the minority population in this country. 

[Rimmer]

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[crazykopite]

Maybe they could let us know what has happened to the German who attacked him hopefully he will be locked upon a Thai prison for many years and suffer the consequences for his actions 

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Noah K said:

Jealous boyfriend? No suspects or motive?

Can't read?