SOURCE: Pattaya People: September 8th 2008

Secondary School Student Attacked

Banglamung Police rushed to the local hospital on the morning of the 7th September after receiving a report that a teenager had been admitted in a serious condition with bullet wounds to the head and chest.

After receiving medical treatment the 14 year old boy was transferred to Chonburi Hospital for surgery. His 15 year old friend told the police that they were on their way home and were stopped by four teenagers on two bikes and of them fired a gun six times at the boys.

Photograph courtesy of Pattaya People

Normal in Thailand. Very high murder rate.