Crime Norwegian Man Arrested at Surat Thani Bus Terminal After Attempted Crossbow Attack

[quake]

43 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Are crossbows even available in Thailand? Never seen one here. 

 

Plenty on Lazada. 

Ps but look like toys. 

 

Can get online here. 

https://www.archerythailand.com/category/3651/ek-crossbows

 

[zyphodb]

9 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Why not? Readily available on Ebay.

 

https://www.ebay.com/b/bow-laser-sight/bn_7024930173

 

Possibly on lazada too, never looked...

 

[Gknrd]

Elmer,  last name Fudd!  Only in the paradise of Thailand.

[black tabby12345]

Glad that lowlife was arrested in this kingdom.

Not in the criminal heaven back home where no realistic punishment for that lunatic.

 

Senseless attempted murderer deserves realistic harsh enough suffering  time,

instead of lukewarm  perpetrator-friendly "rehabilitation process".

[Donald Bright]

6 hours ago, malibukid said:

Carl Jung, and interesting insights into woman.  essentially they are driven by their collective unconscious and can not think rationally.  i tend to agree.  basically all of them are predators.  as long as the males projects false ideals onto their persona they are doomed. avoid at all cost, life is short.  follow the 3 day rule.

What is the 3 day rule ?

[Liverpool Lou]

16 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Honestly now, does this kind of stuff happen in other countries? This is like a bad South Park episode.

Yes.  Do you really think that it is only in Thailand where heated arguments and attempted murder take place, never anywhere else in the world?   Gawd...

[Bravefart]

13 hours ago, cdemundo said:

A crossbow fitted with a laser sight?

Did I read that correctly?

They have been produced with laser sights for over a decade .

[Jonathan Swift]

13 hours ago, impulse said:

 

Please, please tell me "last name Fudd..."

If he was wearing the hat, yes. He thought the victim a wascowwy wabbit. 

[Jonathan Swift]

I don't want to hear anyone knocking phones ever again. Good thing it wasn't a gun. Happy for this lady, and for the rest of us that another psycho drunk is off the streets and won't do this again. Deportation or prison.

[pub2022]

Thailand attracts the worst of the West.

[Bohemianfish]

Wow, didn't happen in Pattaya.

[Stargeezr]

So another male with a fragile ego. 

Hope he gets lots of time in jail then gets deported back to Noway.

Nutcase

[Zakhar]

21 hours ago, Hummin said:

I'm surprised, you as an American dismiss back ground checks. 

 

You just forget, we are supposed to be the wealthy temporarily guests in this country, not the traumatized citizens who grew up in poverty or whatever led them to have mental instability or addictions. 

 

Thai population 68 millions give and take, and how many retired western expats is it? 

A 2019 estimate from Thailand’s Immigration Bureau suggested around 500,000–600,000 foreigners were living in Thailand on various long-term visas, excluding tourists. Unofficially, it could about 1 M