Tragic and unnecessary turn of events. Going out for some evening beers - one life over, another messed up permanently.

 

4 hours ago, AnotherOneHere said:

Sad and tragic accident. Hope they learn their lesson from this. 🙏

Accident?

Lessons? There's no more lessons to be learned by the young Ozzie chap! And the Yankee will find himself in a whole new classroom with a completely new set of rules!

5 hours ago, webfact said:

both men had been drinking at a nearby restaurant before the incident

Happens too often these days, foreigners arriving in Thailand, looking for friendship, meeting a loonatic, a foreigner with mental health issues. 

 

So lucky I have a big family and a few close friends I've known for decades that I only associate with. 

 

 

4 hours ago, Taboo2 said:

FAFO....

 

Aussies need to understand that America is a violent country.  Everyone I know back there is packing some kind of heat when they go out.

 

Such is life....and alcohol is to blame.  Best if they had some Green.

8 people think your post is funny

1 hour ago, Freddy42OZ said:

 

Civilised men never start fights.

Only low life scum think that violence is a solution to their problems.

What about that time tested application that has a place in many altercations......ALCOHOL!!! Or thereof it's the clowns who drink it but can't handle it!!!

31 minutes ago, SmokeandIce said:

I do disagree that individual Americans are any more violent than any other nationality.  I and all my U.S. friends do not carry knives or guns.  Not sure what Americans you hang around.

Only country to drop a nuclear bomb on another country and bombed and shot millions of men, women and children in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Iraq and Afghanistan. More than any other country by miles (or millions).

 

they think it is their “right under God”. 

Can’t even hold an election without shooting the candidates and talk of a “civil war”.

 

Who carries a knife to eat at a restaurant in Krabi?

Americans.

 

 

4 hours ago, MangoKorat said:

Don't be so stupid.  I've lived between both countries for 22 years and never carried any sort of weapon.

Agree its also illigal to carry even knives in the UK any knife over a 3" blade is illigal and can lead up to a 4 year sentence + unlimited fine. locking knifes are illigal to. (unless you have a valid reason) 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

What started as a verbal spat quickly escalated into a physical fight, during which Mr. Johnson allegedly drew a knife and inflicted multiple stab wounds on Mr. Ross.

he is going to regret that

 

 

RIP

4 hours ago, cnx101 said:

A hard man doesn’t need a knife if your brought up to take care of yourself, it’s mainly the immigrant’s who carry and use knives in a knife fight your guaranteed to be cut if you win or lose, in the old days we didn’t need knives

I can remember in the 60s, 70s, 80, Mods, Rockers, Teddy boys would carry knives, chains, Razor blades and old fashion knuckle dusters. Even in the 90s I had a knife, crowbar, machete, and a shot gun pulled on me when I was doing private security!

5 hours ago, AnotherOneHere said:

Sad and tragic accident. Hope they learn their lesson from this

are you for real

He looks just like Chet Hanks, Tom Hanks' wild child.

5 hours ago, Taboo2 said:

In a country like Thailand or England, you must be prepared to have a weapon.  There are more knife deaths in the UK right now. 

I've never felt the need to carry a knife in England. Maybe it's more to do with the kind of places where one hangs, and the kinds of people one hangs with? Being around drugs & gangs in London probably increases one's chances of being stabbed exponentially, but I've never felt that danger in rural Worcestershire or Herefordshire.

2 hours ago, Expat68 said:

I can only speak about England but it is probably true in other countries also, in that it is the vast majority of cases are from the inner cities, certainly not from my home town

I would also go as far as saying its Mainly gang related in the UK.

Preparing to go out for an evening of fun... beer and girls maybe... I would take cash and maybe my phone. A knife? Why? Why would you do that? 

1 hour ago, IamNoone88 said:

The ratio of murders, fights, car crashes, general illegal activities caused by visitors to Thailand vs visitors to say Singapore, Malaysia etc per 100,000 is astronomical. Why does Thailand continue to attract such people is volumes?

Maybe because the RTP are useless and corrupt, and people know that. 

5 hours ago, Taboo2 said:

FAFO....

 

Aussies need to understand that America is a violent country.  Everyone I know back there is packing some kind of heat when they go out.

 

Such is life....and alcohol is to blame.  Best if they had some Green.

We don’t know who brought the knife, for all we know either one of them could have brought it and the other took it for self defense. In any case the one or both should have had the mental capacity to not engage and move on. But drunken arrogance got the both of them.

8 minutes ago, 1happykamper said:

Preparing to go out for an evening of fun... beer and girls maybe... I would take cash and maybe my phone. A knife? Why? Why would you do that? 

Who know's when you'll cross the path of a demented Yank in a bad mood?  

1 hour ago, sikishrory said:

According to publicly available info on LinkedIn a former US marine that was teaching English in Thailand and living in Krabi. 

There is a lot of very screwed up US ex-army personnel. IMO 

Liam Michael Ross and Randall Owen Johnson, two men originating from the British Isles separated by two different oceans and hundreds of years only to be reunited in Thailand to engage in mortal combat and be killed. Tragic really to think they could have been neighbors 500 years ago.

5 hours ago, MangoKorat said:

Don't be so stupid.  I've lived between both countries for 22 years and never carried any sort of weapon.

That's on you and doesn't prove Taboo2 wrong.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Near Noppharat Thara Beach, Krabi. Picture courtesy: Thai Rath

 

In a tragic incident in Krabi, Thailand, an American man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing an Australian man to death following a drunken altercation.

 

Shortly after 2:00 AM on July 22, Lt. Wichote Meepop, Deputy Inspector of Ao Nang Police Station, received a distress call about a brawl near Noppharat Thara Beach, opposite the Razorback Conch Sculpture.

 

Officers soon arrived to find Mr. Liam Michael Ross, a 35-year-old Australian national, gravely injured with stab wounds to his abdomen, leg, and arm.

 

Despite prompt medical attention and being transferred from Wattana Hospital in Ao Nang to Krabi Hospital, Mr. Ross succumbed to his injuries.

 

 

The suspect, identified as 43-year-old American Randall Owen Johnson, was apprehended at the scene. Still under the influence of alcohol, he was in possession of a folding knife and did not attempt to flee.

 

He was taken to Ao Nang Police Station, where detailed questioning will take place with legal and linguistic assistance.

 

Eyewitnesses revealed that both men had been drinking at a nearby restaurant before the incident. Their paths crossed again as Mr. Ross walked back to his hotel, leading to a confrontation.

 

What started as a verbal spat quickly escalated into a physical fight, during which Mr. Johnson allegedly drew a knife and inflicted multiple stab wounds on Mr. Ross.

 

Preliminary investigations suggest that the two men were strangers who may have had a disagreement at the restaurant. However, further inquiries are needed to determine the precise motive and sequence of events leading to the fatal encounter. 

 

-- 2024-07-23

 

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5 hours ago, Taboo2 said:

FAFO....

 

Aussies need to understand that America is a violent country.  Everyone I know back there is packing some kind of heat when they go out.

 

Such is life....and alcohol is to blame.  Best if they had some Green.

Maybe in your circles but not the normal citizen. Americans have the right to "bare" arms as a constituional right, but most do not. 

18 minutes ago, 2baht said:

Who know's when you'll cross the path of a demented Yank in a bad mood?  

Good point! They're a lot stronger than their English-speaking peers who were raised on fish and chips.

 

Ya call that a knife?

 

I've groomed my testicles with bigger weapons. 

 

 

1 minute ago, JeffersLos said:

He spurned the American's homosexual advances? 

The American has a Thai wife...footage on Thai TV News shows the American going to his residence and returning with the knife......murder.

Are police allowed to charge those found carrying a weapon on routine searches in Thailand, Australia or the UK? US obviously no, given the 'right to carry arms' culture

 

This problem has to be gripped and should be adopted in any right thinking nation. Get the w@nkz off the streets!

 

1 minute ago, JeffersLos said:

Ya call that a knife?

I've groomed my testicles with bigger weapons. 

 

Do you speak with a squeaky voice?

2 minutes ago, JeffersLos said:

 

 

Ya call that a knife?

 

I've groomed my testicles with bigger weapons. 

 

 

What a ridiculous comment...how old are you

5 minutes ago, SantiSuk said:

Are police allowed to charge those found carrying a weapon on routine searches in Thailand, Australia or the UK? US obviously no, given the 'right to carry arms' culture

 

This problem has to be gripped and should be adopted in any right thinking nation. Get the w@nkz off the streets!

 

It is an offence in the uk

6 minutes ago, petermik said:

The American has a Thai wife

 

That doesn't mean he's not gay.