Shocking Incident in Jomtien: Man Chases Tourist, with Large Knife

[bluemoon58]

On 2/22/2025 at 3:01 PM, Georgealbert said:

she honked her horn in an attempt to deter the aggressor

Ha ha ha ha ha ha, breathe, ha ha ha ha ha ha! 

[FutureEx]

Most fights start for a reason in Thailand, unlike in Europe where groups picks on strangers.

Walk away and don't be a stubborn smart-arse and you are pretty 'safe'.

I have actually had more problems with drunk Brits than with Thais so here you are 🙂

[richard_smith237]

14 minutes ago, FutureEx said:

Most fights start for a reason in Thailand, unlike in Europe where groups picks on strangers.

Walk away and don't be a stubborn smart-arse and you are pretty 'safe'.

I have actually had more problems with drunk Brits than with Thais so here you are 🙂

 

True... and again, un True... 

 

While I agree than in certain area's there are drink and idiotic forigens acting 'lairy and misbehaving causing trouble and fights.... 

... there are also Thai's in many of these area's who are jaded and are are quick to react with a tricker-finger response to even the slightest perceived slight

 

A guy who's carrying around a 10" knife is already looking for trouble... 

 

Issues such as this can start out of nothing......  Park the car on the side of the road and a guy comes out of the woodwork starts shouting that you owe him money because its 'his area' of road.... he's the self appointed parking guard and wants 20 baht to ensure your car is 'looked after while its parked' etc... 

 

Walk down the road and a guy wants some money, you say no... they get angry etc... 

 

But, the guy being chased could have behaved poorly, Thai's may often block a footpath trying to sell their wares, little TukTuks made out of coke cans etc... trying to scrub 2 baht together then a drunk, blind and dumb foreigner 'accidentally' walks over their items (accident or just an ayhole who knows) then the whole thing flares up....

 

 

So... Yes, for sure the foreigner may have either deliberately, accidentally or inadvertently 'triggered' an angry response out of the the attacker.... BUT...  the attacker was already carrying a knife, or had one very quickly to hand, so what does that tell us about him ???.... he's clearly not the normal law abiding kind natured, good hearted Thai is he ???

[Kinok Farang]

52 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Absolutely - in response to the outright stupidity of trying to pin blame on a foreigner who being chased by a guy who 'just happens' to be carrying around a weapon.

Completely agree.

[sabaijai]

8 hours ago, baansgr said:

This is Jomtien ...not Pattaya you need to learn how to read maps

 

Technically/administratively, Jomtien is part of the "Pattaya-Bang Lamung-Jomtien" area, otherwise known as "Greater Pattaya" or Metropolitan Pattaya. 

[Marco100]

I always tip the Guys a 100 bhat just to be make shure there is no misunderstanding.  It works 😂😂😂

[connda]

I remember in 2013 when taxi driver, Chidchai Utmacha, hacked American Troy Lee Pilkington to death with a machete over a 50 THB fare.  Considering TIT, dude is probably back in Bangkok driving taxi.  Media never follows up on these things.  My guess is that whoever was wielding that machete and chasing the farang had murder on their mind.

[connda]

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

True... and again, un True... 

 

While I agree than in certain area's there are drink and idiotic forigens acting 'lairy and misbehaving causing trouble and fights.... 

... there are also Thai's in many of these area's who are jaded and are are quick to react with a tricker-finger response to even the slightest perceived slight

 

A guy who's carrying around a 10" knife is already looking for trouble... 

 

Issues such as this can start out of nothing......  Park the car on the side of the road and a guy comes out of the woodwork starts shouting that you owe him money because its 'his area' of road.... he's the self appointed parking guard and wants 20 baht to ensure your car is 'looked after while its parked' etc... 

 

Walk down the road and a guy wants some money, you say no... they get angry etc... 

 

But, the guy being chased could have behaved poorly, Thai's may often block a footpath trying to sell their wares, little TukTuks made out of coke cans etc... trying to scrub 2 baht together then a drunk, blind and dumb foreigner 'accidentally' walks over their items (accident or just an ayhole who knows) then the whole thing flares up....

 

 

So... Yes, for sure the foreigner may have either deliberately, accidentally or inadvertently 'triggered' an angry response out of the the attacker.... BUT...  the attacker was already carrying a knife, or had one very quickly to hand, so what does that tell us about him ???.... he's clearly not the normal law abiding kind natured, good hearted Thai is he ???

I always love this.  "Farang gets hacked to death by a Thai? Farang's fault for sure."

[chiman]

Most only have 2 speeds:  lethargic and hysterical 

[richard_smith237]

34 minutes ago, Marco100 said:

I always tip the Guys a 100 bhat just to be make shure there is no misunderstanding.  It works 😂😂😂

 

Tip which guys ??....   the ones chasing you with a 10" hunting knife... ???

 

You stop and say to random folks on the street.... "Here you go chappy, have this 100 baht as a measure of good service"....

[eastlight]

On 2/22/2025 at 4:37 PM, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

I lived 25 years in Bangkok, and it is a lot worse for the above with the possible exception of bikies.

 

Lived the last 7 years in Patts on the darkside and never had any bother. 

Where's Patts?

[Captain Flack]

Off topic post about the UK removed, this is the Pattaya News section!

[praguecr]

On 2/22/2025 at 3:08 PM, Harrisfan said:

Pattaya

 

Bikies

Crooks

Hookers

Trash

Ladyboy thieves

Fights

Road deaths

Murders

 

The knife wielder is par for the course, maybe below average

Absolutely. You left out alcoholics and dim wits. Pattaya & Jomtien no thx.

[Harrisfan]

1 minute ago, praguecr said:

Absolutely. You left out alcoholics and dim wits. Pattaya & Jomtien no thx.

Correct you are 

[eastlight]

9 hours ago, blaze master said:

 

The language always amuses me with these people. If this was a foreigner there would be a nation wide manhunt underway. 

 

Pattaya this IS your reputation. Who are you trying to kid.

 

What a joke. 

 

8 hours ago, harryviking said:

Calling Pattaya a "Family Friendly" place must be a joke! LOL! Its a place for all the drunks, prostitutes, thieves and mad people from all around the world! That place is a magnet to all criminal elements in the land! Easy targets everywhere!😂🤣

How is it there are lots of Russian families here with kids in push chairs. They must think it's family friendly.

[eastlight]

5 hours ago, saintdomingo said:

Yes answer a question with a question. I have spent in total well over ten years in Pattaya and of your list I have witnessed two fights, seen ladies patrolling Beach Rd, and know people who have been accosted by ladyboy thieves. Other things exist but like yourself I have no experience of them. Don't go to Pattaya if you dislike it so much.

10 years? Make it 41 like me and then report the zero incidents.

[baansgr]

1 hour ago, sabaijai said:

 

Technically/administratively, Jomtien is part of the "Pattaya-Bang Lamung-Jomtien" area, otherwise known as "Greater Pattaya" or Metropolitan Pattaya. 

It's not Pattaya!!?

[dallen52]

Interesting take on the situation. 

It was a foreign person chased.

But no mention of the person chasing them!!

 

Could it be they were Thai?

But don't want to create a wrong impression..

 

[ThailandGuy]

It is getting worse and worse in Thailand.  Is this normal behaviour now? 

[Arthur Mullard]

On 2/22/2025 at 5:31 PM, freedomnow said:

I never had a real all-out fight or argument with Thai strangers in Thailand or foreigners in just under 10 years.....go back to UK in one of the 'safest areas' in my city and end up in a street fight across two roads with a nutter on booze and drugs defending chick I was on a date with.....haha.

... you dated a Brit after living in Thailand 😳 

[BadBouy]

Was he chasing Bob Smith?