A French national, Faisal, aged 46, has been arrested in Phuket, Thailand, on charges of attempted murder in France. The arrest follows a directive by senior Thai immigration officials to target foreign nationals evading criminal charges abroad and those attempting transnational crimes. Coordination between the French Embassy in Thailand and the Royal Thai Police was crucial in locating and detaining Faisal.

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Faisal was apprehended in the Rawai subdistrict, Muang district of Phuket. The arrest was part of a broader effort to crack down on illegal activities involving foreign individuals. The request for assistance came after Faisal was identified as the subject of a French arrest warrant and an Interpol red notice for attempted murder involving a firearm.

The criminal case against Faisal originates from an altercation in France that escalated into gunfire, injuring another individual. Authorities in France suspect Faisal as the gunman. Following the incident, Faisal fled to Thailand, prompting Thai officials to revoke his permission to stay and track his whereabouts.

Once his residence was identified, immigration officers moved quickly to arrest Faisal, who confirmed his identity and the charges against him. Records indicate that he entered Thailand on 23 January 2026 on a visa-exemption scheme valid until 23 March 2026. He is currently in Phuket Immigration custody, awaiting further legal proceedings and potential deportation to France, reported Khaosod.

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France has become worse then south central Los Angeles. This may sound ironic, but the streets of any french city are just not safe anymore. Mostly in the metros like Paris or Lyons, all run by leftist woke municipal bodies.

typical French name...I would guess French Arab !

43 minutes ago, TopThai1964 said:

typical French name...I would guess French Arab !

Bingo!

And the award for the idiotic "not a typical white persons name" post of the day goes to ...

Bonus points for getting it in early.

1 hour ago, TopThai1964 said:

typical French name...I would guess French Arab !

So?

"French Arab" is not a nationality.

4 hours ago, Sigmund said:

France has become worse then south central Los Angeles. This may sound ironic, but the streets of any french city are just not safe anymore. Mostly in the metros like Paris or Lyons, all run by leftist woke municipal bodies.

be careful, we have too many liberal/ leftists posters on this board who will be offended by your statements.

but you are 100% on point and the truth shall not be denied even if the woke crowd choses to ignore it.

5 hours ago, BayArea said:

be careful, we have too many liberal/ leftists posters on this board who will be offended by your statements.

but you are 100% on point and the truth shall not be denied even if the woke crowd choses to ignore it.

be careful, we already have a plethora of name-calling, pigeon-holers on this forum who pretend to know the political bias of anonymous people. please take a number.

18 hours ago, Sigmund said:

France has become worse then south central Los Angeles. This may sound ironic, but the streets of any french city are just not safe anymore. Mostly in the metros like Paris or Lyons, all run by leftist woke municipal bodies.

Check what kind of French he is !

16 hours ago, TopThai1964 said:

typical French name...I would guess French Arab !

Not a guess!

15 hours ago, NanLaew said:

16 hours ago, TopThai1964 said:

typical French name...I would guess French Arab !

Bingo!

And the award for the idiotic "not a typical white persons name" post of the day goes to ...

Bonus points for getting it in early.

Its always the same - a forum pattern now - every time a name doesn’t fit the ‘native white’ stereotype, the denial circus begins. Suddenly centuries of national heritage become a magical shield against crime. It’s absurd - but for people addicted to confirmation bias inside their echo chambers, these headlines are cat-nip...

Still, credit where it’s due - unlike the UK media- this news article at least had the backbone to print his name, fully aware it would immediately reveal both his race and that he wasn’t ethnically European.

Reckon his name was Faisal L’Grenouille....

10 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Its always the same - a forum pattern now - every time a name doesn’t fit the ‘native white’ stereotype, the denial circus begins. Suddenly centuries of national heritage become a magical shield against crime. It’s absurd - but for people addicted to confirmation bias inside their echo chambers, these headlines are cat-nip...

Still, credit where it’s due - unlike the UK media- this news article at least had the backbone to print his name, fully aware it would immediately reveal both his race and that he wasn’t ethnically European.

Reckon his name was Faisal L’Grenouille....

I would have said not a typical French persons first name.

Faisal the Frog ............ sounds a bit bigoted to me.

8 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I would have said not a typical French persons first name.

Y'reckon... But lets have a 3 page drawn out debate about it !!!...

That's why the article said "French national." "National" just means they hold citizenship, nothing to do with whether a person is native born. These types of low-brow, predictable, and racist comments really do make for tedious reading.

15 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

So?

"French Arab" is not a nationality.

African American is commonly used.

I don't think it's insulting to anyone, as far as I know. It's just categorizing.

So in Europe, they don't do that apparently?

Back home I was nearly attacked by a newly arrived immigrant from Morocco for no apparent reason. So what? Locals commit crimes too. But just saying. It's not completely insignificant.

15 hours ago, BayArea said:

be careful, we have too many liberal/ leftists posters on this board who will be offended by your statements.

but you are 100% on point and the truth shall not be denied even if the woke crowd choses to ignore it.

Used to be confined to Marseille due to all the Algerians living there - that should have been a warning to the French authorities on the latent problem of allowing ‘third world’ mostly African nationals free rein to come and settle in your country.

17 hours ago, NanLaew said:

And the award for the idiotic "not a typical white persons name" post of the day goes to ...

what's your problem with this? France imports a bunch of Arabs who live in parallel societies and when one of them commits a crime they become "French" even though this clearly isn't so. It's slander to the French and people should be pointing this out every chance they can get.

16 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

what's your problem with this? France imports a bunch of Arabs who live in parallel societies and when one of them commits a crime they become "French" even though this clearly isn't so. It's slander to the French and people should be pointing this out every chance they can get.

I have no problem with a country bestowing nationality on their native born regardless of their ethnicity, religion or skin tone.

America has no problem bestowing US citizenship on foreigners who want to live, work and raise their families there, regardless of their ethnicity, religion or skin tone.

Nobody is being "imported" here. Nobody is "becoming French" here.

10 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

what's your problem with this? France imports a bunch of Arabs who live in parallel societies and when one of them commits a crime they become "French" even though this clearly isn't so. It's slander to the French and people should be pointing this out every chance they can get.

Your comments show an abysmal ignorance of France's past and present colonial history, which goes a long way towards explaining migration patterns. France didn't "import" a bunch of Arabs. It historically allowed immigration into France from its colonies, which in many cases were brutally exploited in terms of natural and human resources. Also, much of the immigration into France from North African colonies post WWII was to fill massive labor shortages, particularly in the construction sector. Right wing groups in France and in many other countries love to point to Muslim unwillingness to assimilate into the local culture, but the truth is that much of that failure to assimilate can be traced to job, housing, and social discrimination.

17 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

So?

"French Arab" is not a nationality.

French nationality with North African Origins. That suits you ?

Everyone else knows what the OP means.

17 hours ago, BayArea said:

be careful, we have too many liberal/ leftists posters on this board who will be offended by your statements.

but you are 100% on point and the truth shall not be denied even if the woke crowd choses to ignore it.

You obviously don’t realise that your sneering use of the word “woke” is actually a compliment to we tree hugging, pinko, leftist, anti racists.

Thank you. Mwaa…….

3 hours ago, Gecko123 said:

That's why the article said "French national." "National" just means they hold citizenship, nothing to do with whether a person is native born. These types of low-brow, predictable, and racist comments really do make for tedious reading.

Don’t read them then. Easy. 🤷🏼

9 minutes ago, Reddavy said:

Don’t read them then. Easy. 🤷🏼

Impossible. Everyone needs to show how outraged they are at everything now.

2 hours ago, geisha said:

French nationality with North African Origins. That suits you ?

Everyone else knows what the OP means.

Why doesn't 'French nationality' suit you? Everyone knows what you mean.

26 minutes ago, blaze master said:

Impossible. Everyone needs to show how outraged they are at everything now.

And with regard to this particular thread, it's the turn of the mighty whitey "everyone" to be outraged at "everything".

1 hour ago, Red Forever said:

You obviously don’t realise that your sneering use of the word “woke” is actually a compliment to we tree hugging, pinko, leftist, anti racists.

Thank you. Mwaa…….

rest assured, nobody is complimenting the likes of you, Now it must be time for your annual bath, off you go run along

3 hours ago, HK MacPhooey said:

the latent problem of allowing ‘third world’ mostly African nationals free rein to come and settle in your country.

indeed what could possibly go wrong? send them all back , problem solved, Nobody can dispute that

One incident doesn't matter.

But govts do need to keep track of statistics. If a certain immigrant group is committing a disproportionately high amount of crime, that means there is a problem with the immigration policy or integration.

Enough for me on this topic. Bye bye and nice job nabbing him.

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

And with regard to this particular thread, it's the turn of the mighty whitey "everyone" to be outraged at "everything".

How do you know that everyone is white ?

On 3/13/2026 at 10:32 AM, Sigmund said:

France has become worse then south central Los Angeles. This may sound ironic, but the streets of any french city are just not safe anymore. Mostly in the metros like Paris or Lyons, all run by leftist woke municipal bodies.

Indeed- and abandon all hope if you ever inadvertently find yourself in some of the suburbs of Marseille

Curious that France did not seem to issue an Interpol Red Notice, requesting worldwide law enforcement to locate and provisionally arrest this person pending extradition. In Southeast Asia where nations are small and close together, it would seem easy to evade authorities by virtually walking out of the country.

5 hours ago, Gecko123 said:

Muslim unwillingness to assimilate into the local culture, but the truth is that much of that failure to assimilate can be traced to job, housing, and social discrimination.

Regardless of social discrimination that does exist, there is no country (except obviously Muslim countries) where Muslim immigrants do assimilate to the local culture. The minority who does becomes infidel, so non-Muslim, and are frowned upon by their own community.

At best Muslims integrate to the country they immigrate, living mostly among themselves and following their home country social rules and traditions.