Lucky Escape for bar worker following shooting at South Pattaya bar

PATTAYA: -- A bar employee was lucky to escape with his life early on Saturday following a shooting incident. Khun Tanashai aged 20 works at the Sea Bar, located at the south-end of Pattaya Third Road amongst a cluster of popular late night bars which have opened there in the last 12 months. He was standing close to the entrance when he noticed a group of 10 men on motorbikes pull-up outside the bar. One of the men produced a gun and shot in the direction of the bar.

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-- Pattaya One

2010-08-14

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What is it with Pattaya? It seems like there is hardly a day that goes by without someone being shot, knifed, beaten, robbed, raped, or suspiciously "committing suicide"?

this is a big town, a lot of expats don't let the crime reports scare you, per capital population it is much safer than many of the towns in US that I use to live in. Example Detroit Michigan, Garden Grove California. I avoid dark alleys and confronting people that I know it would be foolish of me to confront. Never had a problem here in Pattaya, but too many to mention in above towns.

^Pattaya can be very dangerous and so is Thailand in whole which has quite a high

murder rate. (highest murder rate of all east and south east asian countries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Saying that I have never had any problems to talk about, feel safer walking around

anywhere in Thailand at night then I would in certain parts of London.

Do get the feeling that making a mistake in Thailand could end in tradegy as the place

does give you the kind of feeling that most problems are sorted out person to person

rather than through police or courts. Thai people do not seem the easiest people to reason

with in a heated situation either.

I'd like to see the stats on murder and crime per capita for Pattaya compared to Bangkok.

As the earlier poster said, there are many more farangs in Pattaya..and this in itself should be a good enough reason to stay away from the place, IMO

Its not just the derro farangs you have to worry about, its the other low life that feeds off of them.

Stay at your own peril in devils kitchen,it attracts the worst. Every time i see new content on Thaivisa involving murder,mayhem and tradgedy i dont even have to look at where the thread originates..

^Oh yes because Bangkok is well known for being a wholesome city with

no corruption and a low murder rate isn't it.