German Tourist Severely Beaten in Pattaya by Group of 10 Men

[Woke to Sounds]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

What did the German man do? he won't be innocent.

 

Probably he mouthed off to the guys, did a runner on his restaurant tab or insulted one of their broads.

 

I have never heard of a gang of Thai men attacking a farang tourist for no good reason.

[Patong2021]

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

"Mr. Lelonek, speaking through a translator, informed the police that he was unsure of the attack's details"

 

I suspect there is a wee bit he is leaving out of the story.  

Such as?  3 of the thugs admit to joining in without knowing what was going on , other than an opportunity to beat on a farang.

[Maxbkkcm]

15 minutes ago, 2long said:

I am not a violent person, and would almost certainly lose a one-on-one fight with most locals.

But even if I was in a position to win, you never win. They come back.

 

If my friend was in the wrong, and gets thumped by one guy, then my friend deserved it. I would never jump in, just because he's my friend.

If some random fellow compatriot was in an altercation, I would never just piled in, feet first, with other friends, outnumbering the fight. But that is exactly what I have seen so many times here. The Thais (and Cambodians, Burmese and some other nationalities) will see a fight and just choose their side and pile it, with feet and or weapons.

 

Just like dogs, except dogs know when to stop.

You will see this behaviour in any overpopulated countries and non westeners. Because its much easier to stand against an oustider, a foreigner. Than standing for things that really matters. This is one example of why non westerners country will never progress

[Mason45]

31 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

To have a chance

They gang up because most are skinny teenage 20 baht punks. Then again the German guy was  probably heavily bombed by 4 am in the morning., so he would've been an easy prey. I rarely get home late after a boozing session and when I do I call a Bolt taxi.

[Captain Flack]

A troll post the victims name has been removed

[PomPolo]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

which has tarnished the city's reputation as a tourist destination

Ship and sailed springs to mind again

[MalcolmB]

1 hour ago, hotsun said:

You defend thais for their animal mentality, but deny the killings of the thais working in israel. Always unsubstantiated claims based on nothing, just pure stupidity

I am not sure why you brought up Israel? 
Because the trouble maker was German? And for the atrocities the Germans dished out to the Jews? 
What are you on about? 

[save the frogs]

13 hours ago, KhunLA said:

I suspect there is a wee bit he is leaving out of the story. 

he was probably too drunk to even remember what he did.

it did happen at 4 am, after a full night of drinking.

it's stooopid to get sh*t-faced here. 

[LiamB80]

I've come across a possible motive. Filming the working girls out there and putting his camera in their face. Not confirmed but I've seen it a few different places. 

[Yagoda]

I bet booze was involved

[PomPolo]

8 minutes ago, LiamB80 said:

I've come across a possible motive. Filming the working girls out there and putting his camera in their face. Not confirmed but I've seen it a few different places. 

Yeah they are a bit sensitive about that stuff I was in a go-go in Phuket a couple of weeks ago and was doing a bank transfer on my phone under the table so there was no way my phone could ever be pointed at the girls as something I would never do, however the manager was pretty fast off the mark to give me a bollocking which p1$5ed me off a bit so put the phone away finished and paid for my drink and exited, the birds in there were nice though 🤣

[advancebooking]

1 hour ago, 2long said:

I am not a violent person, and would almost certainly lose a one-on-one fight with most locals.

But even if I was in a position to win, you never win. They come back.

 

If my friend was in the wrong, and gets thumped by one guy, then my friend deserved it. I would never jump in, just because he's my friend.

If some random fellow compatriot was in an altercation, I would never just piled in, feet first, with other friends, outnumbering the fight. But that is exactly what I have seen so many times here. The Thais (and Cambodians, Burmese and some other nationalities) will see a fight and just choose their side and pile it, with feet and or weapons.

 

Just like dogs, except dogs know when to stop.

you sound like a nice friend are you not? ITS ALL ABOUT ME....

[fredwiggy]

2 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

What did the German man do? he won't be innocent.

 

Not sure why Thais always seem to gang up

Never being taught respect for life as a child. Absent or abusive parent(s), and a following of like minded peers. Cowards need numbers, and the only way to stop this is jail for a long time. 10 against 1 is more than the usual, but  someone kicking is a boy who doesn't know how to fight and needs friends to back them up because they would be flattened if it was one on one.

[factual monk]

The only place thai man fight 1 to 1 is in Muay Thai ring... other than that it's only wolf pack... 

[steven100]

It's the Thai way  ....10 vs  1   as usual all the low lifes of Thailand.

I'm sure the German did something to start the fight,   but Thai's are dirty fighters,  they hit him with a helmet at one stage.  

 

 

[Ray60]

2 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

What did the German man do? he won't be innocent.

 

Not sure why Thais always seem to gang up

because they are cowards

[Harrisfan]

2 hours ago, hotsun said:

Go on and blame the victim. Surely he must have done something

Probably did

[BangkokReady]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

they misunderstood the situation as a fellow motorbike taxi driver was involved, and wanted to defend him

 

I think perhaps this is a translation error.  I'm pretty sure they said, "We saw the foreigner daring to argue with a Thai, and knew that he deserved a savage beating and severe injury in response".

[Peterphuket]

That one did see it in Thailand on holiday, and right he is, what trash those people are.

[Wayne G]

No excuse for this type of violence 10 gutless cowards pathetic 

[Gandtee]

The usual cowardly dog pack. Animal behavior. Never a one on one altercation.

[newbee2022]

4.06 am is a perfect time so solve problems. Bad luck this time. 😂

[Tubulat]

3 hours ago, johnnybgood said:

If there is any doubt about the locals' unguarded feelings toward foreigners.  Take a good look at some of the water throwing hate-fest Songkran in Pattaya.

Then I always stay inside, what else can you do better, childish fest.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

A German tourist was violently attacked by a group of about ten men on Pattaya Beach Road in Chonburi. Local police in Pattaya swiftly arrested three suspects involved in the assault, which has tarnished the city's reputation as a tourist destination.

Just cannot help themselves.. 

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, Maxbkkcm said:

Pack mentality. No individuality. The group prevail over the individual. Thats why there is no critical thinking. Opposite of the West. 

Assaults in the west are always one-on-one, you cannot be that biased and delusional, surely?

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Multiple orange vests in the pictures.

Pattayas finest.

As yet none arrested?

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

Yep.

No westerners jumped in to save their fellow man. Left him to die.

Nope.  No one died or was anywhere near dying.

[Maxbkkcm]

2 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Assaults in the west are always one-on-one, you cannot be that biased and delusional, surely?

Non westerners heritage yes. Original westerners nope, they pass this stage. By self reflecting and improvements. Used to be in the past but they evolve.

[Tubulat]

2 hours ago, LiamB80 said:

I don't see the motorbike taxi that was hitting him in the head with the helmet as one of the three arrested. That's the guy that did the most damage to him. They should stop blurring the faces of these thugs. 

I also noticed that immediately, maybe a brown envelope, that's how it rolls again in LOS.

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, proton said:

Two beaten to death within a few hours, outside the karaoke killing in Bangkok being the other one.

Who was beaten to death in this incident?