German Tourist Severely Beaten in Pattaya by Group of 10 Men

[thesetat]

i do not think this incident will tarnish Pattaya outstanding reputation... After watching the Vdo wife wants we go to Pattaya with the kids. She says a lot of excitement and free shows on the streets happening like this one about every week. 

[MalcolmB]

5 hours ago, steven100 said:

they hit him with a helmet at one stage.  

I think that guy was trying to help the German put on the helmet for his safety

[steven100]

18 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

I think that guy was trying to help the German put on the helmet for his safety

good,  if that's the case.   Thais will kick to the head at any opportunity.

[NickyLouie]

2 hours ago, Middle Aged Grouch said:

How would you feel in your country if your saw hordes of Thai's comming in and F*****ng  your mum's, sisters or girlfriends for a few dollars or euros ?

 

Good Lord !

[ross163103]

I've seen several fights between Thais and farangs over here; it usually starts one on one with some kind of misunderstanding then progresses to someone becoming physical, then onto several Thais jumping in to help their colleague, and if you're close to a motorbike stand.....watch out(!) because guaranteed they'll get in on the action! Pack mentality at its finest!

[Felton Jarvis]

Ten against one. It's the Thai way. The best reason I can think of why foreigners should be allowed to carry guns. Ten men mowed down with an AR-15 would give them pause for thought.

[MalcolmB]

2 hours ago, Middle Aged Grouch said:

How would you feel in your country if your saw hordes of Thai's comming in and F*****ng  your mum's, sisters or girlfriends for a few dollars or euros ?

Well they can have mum and my sister if they really want.

I would want at least a fiver for my girlfriend though.

[MalcolmB]

13 minutes ago, ross163103 said:

then onto several Thais jumping in to help their colleague,

While the farang’s cowardly “mates” run off leaving him for dead.

 

[Mayhem11]

This really puts me off going back to Meuang Thai.

[Hellfire]

43 minutes ago, Felton Jarvis said:

Ten against one. It's the Thai way. The best reason I can think of why foreigners should be allowed to carry guns. Ten men mowed down with an AR-15 would give them pause for thought.

Have you ever been to Bangkok Hilton prison?

[Kinok Farang]

3 hours ago, sambum said:

 

"It could have been a lot wurst."  😀 Ha ha  - nice pun!

Thanks

[Scouse123]

9 hours ago, ozz1 said:

Again an example of a great family oriented place there must be more to this surely

Why don't a lot of you guys just accept that there are young Thai thugs that just enjoy and ' get off ' on dishing out unwanted and gratuitous violence to foreigners for no reason whatsoever.

[richard_smith237]

2 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

Why don't a lot of you guys just accept that there are young Thai thugs that just enjoy and ' get off ' on dishing out unwanted and gratuitous violence to foreigners for no reason whatsoever.

 

Because its not just to foreigners...     

 

Its to each other too...  Read all the news of fights between students a Technical Colleges - the lower socio-demographic of Thailand grows up with violence all around them... 

... the grow up with it in the home, they grow up with it at school (Tech colleges), they grow up with it in all forms of social media and the news....   and if they are good at it they will be revered for it as Thai Boxers.....

 

... Amongst the lower socio-demographic of Thailand violence is simply the norm...   for the most part, we as foreigners are outside of this 'circle of violence' but sometimes...   in area's of where Thai's have grown jaded, this violence overlaps... 

[Hellfire]

9 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

Why don't a lot of you guys just accept that there are young Thai thugs that just enjoy and ' get off ' on dishing out unwanted and gratuitous violence to foreigners for no reason whatsoever.

The video does not show how it all started. My personal experience with Thailand - the safest country on Earth. But if you really think that young Thais hate and attack us “for no reason whatsoever” - I advise you not to live and not to visit here.

[connda]

Pattaya and Phuket: two places I avoid like the plague.  Pattaya was wonderful 40 years ago.  Downhill since.

[portisaacozzy]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Picture courtesy of Daily News

 

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.

 

The incident occurred around 4:06 am on 25th March, with emergency services and police quickly arriving on the scene following reports of an assault.

 

The victim, identified as Mr. David Adrian Lelonek, 40, suffered extensive injuries, including facial wounds and a laceration above his left eyebrow. Rescuers promptly provided first aid before rushing him to hospital.

 

Mr. Lelonek, speaking through a translator, informed the police that he was unsure of the attack's details but recalled being overwhelmed by approximately ten attackers. In a panic, he fled on a motorbike to seek help from locals until authorities arrived.

 

 

 

 

Eyewitness footage recorded by a bystander showed the severity of the assault, with the gang punching, kicking, and even using a helmet to beat the tourist, despite onlookers' attempts to intervene.

 

Pattaya's Deputy Investigation Chief, Police Lieutenant Colonel Arus Saphanont, quickly led an investigation, resulting in the arrest of three men nearby: Mr. Ta, 18, Mr. Benz, 25, and Mr. Sek, 27.

 

Picture courtesy: Daily News

 

The suspects admitted to their involvement, claiming they misunderstood the situation as a fellow motorbike taxi driver was involved, and wanted to defend him, even acknowledging their excessive violence.

 

Police Lieutenant Colonel Arus expressed deep concern over the assault captured in the video, highlighting its damaging impact on Pattaya's image.

 

He urged locals not to resort to violence, stressing the importance of involving police in such incidents to preserve the city's appeal and economy. The investigation remains ongoing to apprehend the remaining attackers as the injured tourist pursues formal charges, reported Daily News.

 

 

-- 2025-03-25

 

 

the bravest of the brave  only in thailand !

[NobbyClarke]

More to this story!

4am, was the German sober/high?

Were the attackers sober/high?

Pattaya at four in the morning is not the best place to be alone.

[Jim Blue]

10 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

To be fair to them, it must be hard to be a sub-80 IQ man with a tiny member, seeing all these moneyed tourists coming and paying for sex with your ex-girlfriends. 

Ex ????

[Jiggo]

Another example of Thai Male bonding, go and kick the sh×t out of another Farang 

[DonniePeverley]

Thailand is not Benidorm. 

[Scouse123]

3 hours ago, Hellfire said:

The video does not show how it all started. My personal experience with Thailand - the safest country on Earth. But if you really think that young Thais hate and attack us “for no reason whatsoever” - I advise you not to live and not to visit here.

 

I certainly don't need your advice about either living or visiting here.

 

What qualifies you to advise me?

 

I've been here 30 years and visited nearly every province in the country, I also know the underbelly of Thailand and speak the language.

 

And it most certainly is NOT the safest country on earth, silly statement.

 

TAKE OFF YOUR ROSE COLOURED GLASSES, WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE.

 

Plenty of murders take place over trivial matters, murders and rape of tourists, especially on some of the islands, is commonplace.

 

Some of the most dangerous roads in the world.

 

Safest country on earth-you are ridiculous.

[Nickcage49]

Nothing good happens at 4 am in Pattaya.

 

And if you pick a fight with one Thai you know that 10 more will jump you.

 

Pick your battles and be smart!

[zakalwe]

7 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

I'm guessing...   some snide remark from one to anther, a reply... then an issue went from zero to incendiary in seconds with a 10 on one beating... 

 

I've seen it enough times in these area's the 'some of these MC guys are looking for a trigger'...  just waiting sometimes.... 

 

 

A mate was beaten up...   he walked past a group on a corner... he was drunk...    the MC guys if he asked if he wanted an MC... he replied....     "No thanks"....    they shouted back at him something about being a no good foreigner...      he told them to "F-off"... and that was all it took, they set about him....      

... His mistake, no just walking past them completely ignoring any attempted 'trigger'.... 

 

I've heard similar stories a few times.... 

 

 

Meanwhile...  in other area's these Win-rider guys can be quite helpful and run out and do errands for you...  

 

It just depends where you are - and the guys working in Pattaya and Patong at 4am are not right guys to be having any form of interaction with at all... none-whatsoever...    they are 'hand-grenades on a hair trigger'...  

 

 

 

 

When I was taking a tour in Vietnam, my guide brought this up to the group. Vietnamese might not know a lot of English but they do know the word "f**k". You could say something about the "f**king" heat and things might pop off. I guess it is so common that my guide had to bring it up. 🤣

[geisha]

14 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

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

 

Not sure why Thais always seem to gang up

Soi dogs do the same .

[geisha]

2 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

Thailand is not Benidorm. 

Oh, do Spanish men gang up 10 to 1 on one drunk/ rude foreigner ? Never heard that, and they get their fair part of idiots .

[sloopjohn]

Can't we all just get along?

 

-Rodney King

[AngryMan]

Not just your EX GF, maybe your current GF...🤔🤬

[thaibeachlovers]

15 hours ago, ozz1 said:

Again an example of a great family oriented place there must be more to this surely

Hopefully Pattaya NEVER EVER becomes a vile "family place". Keep the families away, as they are ruining the place.

Lets have more negative media reports to scare the families away. Let them go to Phuket instead. Phuket is already ruined, but there is still hope for Pattaya.

[thaibeachlovers]

2 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

And it most certainly is NOT the safest country on earth, silly statement.

BS. I felt more unsafe in London that I ever did in Thailand, ANYWHERE.

No country is "safe" but Thailand is high on the safe country list.

 

In my real world experience, no foreigner that is polite and doesn't treat the Thais badly is at risk.

I've seen only 1 instance of many Thais beating up a farang, but the one I saw in a gogo was well deserved by a thug farang that was abusing the girls.

[DonniePeverley]

Tourists have to remember this isn't Magaluf or Ibiza. Awful what's happened.

 

Social media toss pots fuelling this mantra to come to Thailand and live a lawless free party lifestyle. It's all fake nonsense. 

 

These tourists do not behave like this in Dubai or Singapore, yet feel embolded to misbehave in Thailand. The policing has been too soft too.