Russian Father Throws Son from Speedboat Near Surin Islands, Leading to Fatality

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of ThaiRath.

 

An incident unfolded near the Surin Islands, when a Russian father allegedly threw his young son from a speedboat, leading to fatal injuries from the boat’s propeller.

 

Police at Kuraburi Station received a report at approximately 16:00 on January 23, from staff aboard a tourist speedboat. The report detailed an incident in which a father threw his son overboard near Koh Ra, around 200 metres from the island and 4 kilometres from Kuraburi Pier in Phang Nga province.

 

When police arrived at the pier, they learned that the victim, identified as Lukas, a Thai-Russian dual national from That Phanom district, Nakhon Phanom, had been rushed to Kuraburi Chaiyaphat Hospital by a local foundation. The boy succumbed to his injuries shortly after arrival.

 

The suspect, identified as the boy’s father, 45-year-old Mr. Artem Bugorskiy, was detained by the boat staff and handed over to police at Kuraburi Station. He is accused of intentionally causing his son’s death.

 

According to the boat’s captain, the speedboat, carrying 33 passengers (17 Thais and 16 foreigners) and five crew members, departed the Surin Islands at around 15:00. As the boat approached Koh Ra, Mr. Bugorskiy reportedly stood up, walked over to Lukas, and lifted him by the legs and torso. Witnesses said he pushed the boy overboard from the left side of the boat near the bow.

 

Mr. Bugorskiy then jumped into the water after his son. The captain immediately stopped the boat and circled back to assist. While the crew managed to rescue the boy, Mr. Bugorskiy refused all offers of help and declined to reboard the boat.

 

Lukas was found floating in the water with severe injuries to his face and head, believed to have been caused by the boat’s propeller. Despite the crew’s attempts to administer first aid, his injuries proved fatal.

 

Police have gathered witness statements and evidence, which strongly implicate Mr. Bugorskiy as the perpetrator. Given his foreign status and the risk of flight, he has been charged with murder, so was denied bail.

 

Through an interpreter, Mr. Bugorskiy denied the allegations during questioning. Legal rights were explained to him, and he remains in custody pending further investigation.

 

-- 2025-01-24

 

 

[ronster]

Wtf ! 😳

[mushroomdave]

7 minutes ago, ronster said:

Wtf ! 😳

 

Exactly!.....Thought I had heard everything!  Poor kid!

Well enjoy Thai prison food....and the atmosphere you idiot POS!!

RIP Lukas!

[Justanotherone]

may he rot in jail

[hotchilli]

Was he playing around by throwing the boy over the side near the islands shore line only 200 meters away or was it an intentional act of violence ? 

[richard_smith237]

8 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Was he playing around by throwing the boy over the side near the islands shore line only 200 meters away or was it an intentional act of violence ? 

 

A tough one...    But, I think this is a horrific and heartbreaking example of 'rough and tough play'  gone terribly wrong.... 

 

The poor lad to go this way is horrific, but I can't imagine any of this was deliberate, this would appear to be 'just a father throwing his son off a boat' and the consequences were tragic... 

 

 

I've been out in a boat (Kayak) with my son and deliberately capsicum it...   I'v dunked my son in a swimming pool fully clothed while messing around....  There are lots of things that 'dads do' with their kids that a 'rough, physically, playful, tough' etc....    

 

.... I think this is a terrible and perhaps even completely uncharacteristic tragic a lapse in thought by a father who was 'messing about playing rough with his son'.....     

 

... A tragic accident with no malice in it whatsoever - the poor man will have to live with the consequences of a momentary lapse of judgement for the rest of his life now... Horrific. 

 

 

 

But... Because he was Russian, I now expect to read a bunch of bigoted hang'em high posts with all humanity removed. 

 

 

 

[hotchilli]

8 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

But... Because he was Russian, I now expect to read a bunch of bigoted hang'em high posts with all humanity removed. 

Or people with a different view than yours... 

[Jingthing]

Only he knows his intention.

For example jumping in after him could be the act of a regretful loving father or it could be a way to make a murder look like an accident.

I don't know and neither do you.

In any case he needs a good lawyer.

He'll have a better chance here at justice than he would back in Russia.

[richard_smith237]

23 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

32 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

But... Because he was Russian, I now expect to read a bunch of bigoted hang'em high posts with all humanity removed. 

Or people with a different view than yours... 

 

Which would be what ???

 

...   Suggesting that because he is Russian, he's evil and therefore deliberately threw his son over to his death...

 

 

Not Bigoted ??.... do you also carry negative bias towards 'groups' of people such as the Russians and also fit well within the descriptor of being a bigot.. ???...  

 

... Perhaps you know this which is why you try and get out ahead of it.

[richard_smith237]

7 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Only he knows his intention.

For example jumping in after him could be the act of a regretful loving father or it could be a way to make a murder look like an accident.

I don't know and neither do you.

In any case he needs a good lawyer.

He'll have a better chance here at justice than he would back in Russia.

 

I cant see any scenario, any at all, whereby a father (or anyone) throws a child overboard to deliberately injure, maim, and murder them particularly when there are numerous onlookers.... 

 

...   to me, this appears so clearly to an example of 'high spirits and playfulness gone tragically wrong'.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Nick Carter icp]

10 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

I cant see any scenario, any at all, whereby a father (or anyone) throws a child overboard to deliberately injure, maim, and murder them particularly when there are numerous onlookers.... 

 

...   to me, this appears so clearly to an example of 'high spirits and playfulness gone tragically wrong'.....

 

   Also, if the intention was the kill the Child , then throwing him overboard wouldn't be assured of the intention of killing him , he could well have survived .

   If the intention was to kill the Child , then the Father could have just gone swimming with him and held him under water in a secluded spot and just claim that he drowned  .

   I would say that this is accidental 

[Jingthing]

Maybe he didn't know that anyone was watching when he pushed his son overboard.

I do think he has a defense to claim he was playing a fun game by doing that, but even if not ruled murder, surely he should be convicted of some lesser charge than that.

A pure "accident" would have been accidentally falling overboard, not being pushed.

A good lawyer should be able to get the charge down from murder unless there is other evidence uncovered pointing to dark intensions.

[bkk6060]

It says he denied it.  No remorse Russian.  Terrible. 

[NativeBob]

Captain and his crew did not minced kid with running propeller, right? 

It was his dad who threw him under, wasn't it?

Btw, Lucas - is not very Russian name, as well "Bugorskiy" is not. Rather Polish or wester UA, than it makes perfect sense.
And correct would be Lukash, not Lucas >>> Lukash Bugorskiy

 

However I'd say again: neuter him and send to fight for freedom and democracy. 

[Jingthing]

Just now, NativeBob said:

Captain and his crew did not minced kid with running propeller, right? 

It was his dad who threw him under, wasn't it?

Btw, Lucas - is not very Russian name, as well "Bugorskiy" is not. Rather Polish or wester UA, than it makes perfect sense.
And correct would be Lukash, not Lucas >>> Lukash Bugorskiy

 

However I'd say again: neuter him and send to fight for freedom and democracy. 

So now you're trying to turn this into some kind of perverted pro Kremlin propaganda?

[Captain Flack]

A pedantic post and all replies have been removed.

 

@PETERTHEEATER you are trying my patience with you nitpicking posts, which offer nothing to the discussion. Any further such post and expect a suspension.

 

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[Andre0720]

2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

A tough one...    But, I think this is a horrific and heartbreaking example of 'rough and tough play'  gone terribly wrong.... 

 

The poor lad to go this way is horrific, but I can't imagine any of this was deliberate, this would appear to be 'just a father throwing his son off a boat' and the consequences were tragic... 

 

 

I've been out in a boat (Kayak) with my son and deliberately capsicum it...   I'v dunked my son in a swimming pool fully clothed while messing around....  There are lots of things that 'dads do' with their kids that a 'rough, physically, playful, tough' etc....    

 

.... I think this is a terrible and perhaps even completely uncharacteristic tragic a lapse in thought by a father who was 'messing about playing rough with his son'.....     

 

... A tragic accident with no malice in it whatsoever - the poor man will have to live with the consequences of a momentary lapse of judgement for the rest of his life now... Horrific. 

 

 

 

But... Because he was Russian, I now expect to read a bunch of bigoted hang'em high posts with all humanity removed. 

 

 

 

I like your post.

And dearly hope that you are right...

[Nick Carter icp]

Who he has never thrown or pushed someone into a swimming pool or would have pushed someone into the sea messing about ?

   WAs the kid wearing a life jacket ?

[Dave0206]

I assume they had life vests on and since it was so close to shore he perhaps did not forsee the danger .

I am trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he was trying to be funny backfired big time 

[kidneyw]

Maybe vodka strikes again.

[GammaGlobulin]

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

A tough one...    But, I think this is a horrific and heartbreaking example of 'rough and tough play'  gone terribly wrong.... 

 

The poor lad to go this way is horrific, but I can't imagine any of this was deliberate, this would appear to be 'just a father throwing his son off a boat' and the consequences were tragic... 

 

 

I've been out in a boat (Kayak) with my son and deliberately capsicum it...   I'v dunked my son in a swimming pool fully clothed while messing around....  There are lots of things that 'dads do' with their kids that a 'rough, physically, playful, tough' etc....    

 

.... I think this is a terrible and perhaps even completely uncharacteristic tragic a lapse in thought by a father who was 'messing about playing rough with his son'.....     

 

... A tragic accident with no malice in it whatsoever - the poor man will have to live with the consequences of a momentary lapse of judgement for the rest of his life now... Horrific. 

 

 

 

But... Because he was Russian, I now expect to read a bunch of bigoted hang'em high posts with all humanity removed. 

 

 

 

 

I agree.

He had not anticipated the dangers of the propeller under the boat.

 

He jumped in after throwing in his son, thinking the two of them would then swim for shore, as a lark.

 

However, upon seeing the damage done by he propeller, he refused to re-board the vessel, hoping to drown himself in remorse.

 

Truly a tragedy.

However, not filicide.

 

And, not the motivations one might sometime read in a Russian novel.

 

Sometimes when things like this happen, it is due solely to lack of forethought.

 

[MalcolmB]

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

.... I think this is a terrible and perhaps even completely uncharacteristic tragic a lapse in thought by a father who was 'messing about playing rough with his son'.....     

 

maybe you didn’t read the OP?

11 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

While the crew managed to rescue the boy, Mr. Bugorskiy refused all offers of help and declined to reboard the boat.

 

[atpeace]

12 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Sometimes when things like this happen, it is due solely to lack of forethought.

 

  Feel terrible for the Dad at this moment without knowing all the details.  

[Captain Flack]

An off topic post and all replies, that are deflecting the topic have been removed.

[MalcolmB]

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

A tragic accident with no malice in it whatsoever

You like making up other versions to what eye witnesses say.

 

12 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Police have gathered witness statements and evidence, which strongly implicate Mr. Bugorskiy as the perpetrator. , he has been charged with murder

A lot of hot headed, bad tempered people have kids that are not suited to parenting and don’t have the patience.

I bet it wasn’t the first time this kid has been abused

 

 

RIP 

Lucas

[GammaGlobulin]

7 minutes ago, atpeace said:

  Feel terrible for the Dad at this moment without knowing all the details.  

 

Of course, he would not admit any intentional wrongdoing.

Also, not speaking the local language well, perhaps the cops did not understand his true intentions.

Seems obvious to me.

One does not take a child on a holiday outing on a boat, just to commit the unthinkable.

 

[Jingthing]

12 minutes ago, atpeace said:

  Feel terrible for the Dad at this moment without knowing all the details.  

I feel much worse for his dead son.

I'm sorry but he's guilty of something in this even if it was just horseplay.

[atpeace]

Just now, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Of course, he would not admit any intentional wrongdoing.

Also, not speaking the local language well, perhaps the cops did not understand his true intentions.

Seems obvious to me.

One does not take a child on a holiday outing on a boat, just to commit the unthinkable.

 

You would think not.  My Dad would never do something like that because he seemed to always grasp real danger.  I wouldn't put it past any of my friends.  The real story is in the details that we don't have.

[GammaGlobulin]

3 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I feel much worse for his dead son.

I'm sorry but he's guilty of something in this even if it was just horseplay.

 

It's possible that the sea conditions were like glass, and the shore apparently only a short swim away.

Maybe they were hot, with the sun beating down fiercely, and they just wanted to cool off.

 

It's easy to second-guess others when one is not there, having fun, enjoying the day.

Obviously it was not planned.

 

This is life.

 

 

[richard_smith237]

11 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

A tragic accident with no malice in it whatsoever

You like making up other versions to what eye witnesses say.

 

Wrong - you just want to create a pathetic argument because thats what you do.

 

Eyewitnesses stated: 

12 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Mr. Bugorskiy reportedly stood up, walked over to Lukas, and lifted him by the legs and torso. Witnesses said he pushed the boy overboard from the left side of the boat near the bow.

 

Perhaps you are too much of an old fart and too weak to play around with your kids... 

But... picking up a kid and throwing him in a pool or overboard in this manner is not an abnormal act by any stretch of the imagination....   

A tragic mistake was made because the Russian really didn't think through the risk of his actions when doing so on a moving boat.

 

11 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

 

12 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Police have gathered witness statements and evidence, which strongly implicate Mr. Bugorskiy as the perpetrator. , he has been charged with murder

A lot of hot headed, bad tempered people have kids that are not suited to parenting and don’t have the patience.

I bet it wasn’t the first time this kid has been abused

RIP 

Lucas

 

OK - you see the worst in people, rephrase, you see the worst in anyone who isn't Thai.

Had this been a Thai person you would be claiming it was a tragic mistake by a playful father who horrifically miscalculated his actions. 

 

And again, you dumb down and over simplify the report to suit your 'anti-foreigner' agenda - He (the foreign father) was charged with Murder so that a bail could be denied due to the potential flight risk....   You were not intelligent enough to understand that aspect either.

 

As usual - you cherry pick your points to suit your anti-foreigner rhetoric which is always complete and utter rubbish...