Five Teenagers Shot After Pattaya Music Festival

[Rimmer]

Five Teenagers Were Shot After Music Festival

PATTAYA: -- Two impetuous strangers shot five teenagers - four boys and one girl, whose injuries were fortunately minor, after attending Pattaya Music Festival.

Pattaya, 21st March 2011 [PDN]: At 2 a.m., while Police Lietenant General, Krissakorn Tong-in of Pattaya Department was patrolling the Pattaya Music Festival area, some teenagers approached him to tell him that their friends had been shot at the area of 7-11 at Boonkanjanaram Temple Soi ( moo.12, Nongprue, Banglamung, Chonburi). The police hurried to the crime scene along with Sawang Somboon paramedic

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-- PATTAYA DAILY NEWS 2011-03-21

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[appropriate]

The five teenagers were shot by shotguns. Hence their injuries were minor.

Yeah, a toy shotgun perhaps.

[ginjag]

The five teenagers were shot by shotguns. Hence their injuries were minor.

Yeah, a toy shotgun perhaps.

Next time call it Pattaya shooting festival, and mabe you'll get some music. Someone is bound to say it was the P.Ms fault.

[Beetlejuice]

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[Phatcharanan]

Someone is bound to say it was the P.Ms fault.

It is the PM's fault.

[kuffki]

I do not recall full details but i am pretty sure one of those shot, Mike the Thai-German kid was involved in some kind of crime not so long ago.

Also quote from the article " Mike a Thai-German boy, told the police that his group of friends, over 10 people, and himself rode their motorbikes to the music concert at Bali Hai Cape"

I guess being 15 and riding bike is perfectly legal

[thaicbr]

I do not recall full details but i am pretty sure one of those shot, Mike the Thai-German kid was involved in some kind of crime not so long ago.

Also quote from the article " Mike a Thai-German boy, told the police that his group of friends, over 10 people, and himself rode their motorbikes to the music concert at Bali Hai Cape"

I guess being 15 and riding bike is perfectly legal

Actually if it is under 110cc it is IF he has a licence/ insurance etc

[kuffki]

I do not recall full details but i am pretty sure one of those shot, Mike the Thai-German kid was involved in some kind of crime not so long ago.

Also quote from the article " Mike a Thai-German boy, told the police that his group of friends, over 10 people, and himself rode their motorbikes to the music concert at Bali Hai Cape"

I guess being 15 and riding bike is perfectly legal

Actually if it is under 110cc it is IF he has a licence/ insurance etc

Not that it matters, but i thought to get drivers license one has to be 18 years of age

Also what bikes out there are under 110cc?

[appropriate]

Have some little 50cc chicken chasing scooters, we bought and old one for 1500b before, was the most fun bike I've ever had, weighed about 2kg wet, until it finally blew up.

And yes you have to be 18 to get a license.

[jimbeam1]

The five teenagers were shot by shotguns. Hence their injuries were minor.

Yeah, a toy shotgun perhaps.

He doesn't look like a teenager to me.

Anyway what was he shot with, a pea shooter?

jb1

[dunkin2012]

Some areas in Pattaya are very rough...... indeed.....

kiddie Gangsters get injured or killed quite often.

[ginjag]

Have some little 50cc chicken chasing scooters, we bought and old one for 1500b before, was the most fun bike I've ever had, weighed about 2kg wet, until it finally blew up.

And yes you have to be 18 to get a license.

Why did it blow up ? cause the chickens run fast nowadays ? I can believe, Thai now have bred 4 legged chickens====haven't caught one yet because of their speed. :cheesy:

[Macmundi]

Someone is bound to say it was the P.Ms fault.

It is the PM's fault.

someone's bound to say it's Thaksin's fault too.

[kamalabob2]

Honda Click 110 is at least one of the motorbikes legal for a 15 year old with a Thai motorbike license to operate. 80 baht (includes one lunch and a nice T shirt) at some Honda dealerships for a two day safety course and the actual drivers test done at the dealership. 155 baht for the first year license for a 15 year old. My daughter did both last week in Buriram at the large Honda distributorship headquarters / dealership with a real classroom, real driving course. Now she can legally drive a 110 or smaller bike. Of course they teach the people on a bike larger than 110, and put them in the back of a pick up truck to go to the Department of Land Transportation for the fifteen minutes it took to have a photo taken, pay the 155 baht (no bribe attempts since she had already passed the actual vision, written and driving test at the dealership)and pick up a completed license. They misspelled her last name, but heck they said it did not matter.

[jimbeam1]

Honda Click 110 is at least one of the motorbikes legal for a 15 year old with a Thai motorbike license to operate. 80 baht (includes one lunch and a nice T shirt) at some Honda dealerships for a two day safety course and the actual drivers test done at the dealership. 155 baht for the first year license for a 15 year old. My daughter did both last week in Buriram at the large Honda distributorship headquarters / dealership with a real classroom, real driving course. Now she can legally drive a 110 or smaller bike. Of course they teach the people on a bike larger than 110, and put them in the back of a pick up truck to go to the Department of Land Transportation for the fifteen minutes it took to have a photo taken, pay the 155 baht (no bribe attempts since she had already passed the actual vision, written and driving test at the dealership)and pick up a completed license. They misspelled her last name, but heck they said it did not matter.

So is 15 the actual lower age limit to obtain a motor bike licence 15? I have seen kids here much less than 15 riding bikes, 3 and 4 up, with no helmets.

Did you get in writing, the fact that they got your daughters name wrong. I personally would not be happy with that. Although I suppose, one must agree, it doesn't really matter over here?

[TheLaughingMan]

Am I the only one that cannot click any links in Pattayadaliynews? That site seems completely broken to me, nothing works, ever.

[kamalabob2]

15 is the minimum age for a motorbike license and 18 is the minimum age for a car. They will tell you that at the land transportation office. Not many of my daughter's classmates have a license, even though many have been driving to and from school for years. One letter missing from a Farang last name does not bother me as things are so darn "casual" at some government offices. The Honda dealership was very clear on the minimum age and the Honda Wave is another bike model that has a 110 series. This page is in Thai, but it was the start of our safety class. Once we got to the dealership there was a series of large stand up posters with information on safety training. http://www.aphonda.co.th/hondasafety/

[jimbeam1]

15 is the minimum age for a motorbike license and 18 is the minimum age for a car. They will tell you that at the land transportation office. Not many of my daughter's classmates have a license, even though many have been driving to and from school for years. One letter missing from a Farang last name does not bother me as things are so darn "casual" at some government offices. The Honda dealership was very clear on the minimum age and the Honda Wave is another bike model that has a 110 series. This page is in Thai, but it was the start of our safety class. Once we got to the dealership there was a series of large stand up posters with information on safety training. http://www.aphonda.co.th/hondasafety/

Cheers. I really can not for the life of me see why they don't enforce this for all. As well as Police it properly (as in no tea money for the bib) Just think of the revenue this could bring in, as well as gettin rid of a major menace. I would pay money to see the motor bike taxi guys doing the training?

jb1

[ginjag]

Someone is bound to say it was the P.Ms fault.

It is the PM's fault.

Ha 5555 I knew it. good stuff- :lol:

[ginjag]

Someone is bound to say it was the P.Ms fault.

It is the PM's fault.

someone's bound to say it's Thaksin's fault too.

O.K. it is

[newermonkey]

Oh well... Boys will be boys.

[newermonkey]

Have some little 50cc chicken chasing scooters, we bought and old one for 1500b before, was the most fun bike I've ever had, weighed about 2kg wet, until it finally blew up.

And yes you have to be 18 to get a license.

18 is for cars 15 for bikes but the dumb computer test is so stupid, wrong and confusing most people cant pass it.

FYI... Kids of any age can ride a motorcycle which is under 50cc and is not taken on the main roads (just around the farm and the soi's) of course because they don't have a license they also don't have insurance and the bikes are usually not registered with a license plate.

Edited March 22, 2011 by newermonkey

[biplanebluey]

The five teenagers were shot by shotguns. Hence their injuries were minor.

Yeah, a toy shotgun perhaps.

One tiny hole in chest--------from a shotgun??????

[asiawatcher]

The kids in these photos are just that - they are kids. The hit on the boy looks to be pea shooter or a ball bearing gun. Not much else but it has broken skin. 10 kids at a music concert does not constitute any crime. But this seems much to do about nothing again.

On the license side - what a joke - I used to race grand prix, 'works' Suzuki 250's and Ducati 900's (and sidecars) and went to get a license for the 'Fino'. My international is all ticked and current license from road trains down to wheelbarrows. I get to the test and there is a slab of concrete 6 inches wide and I am told to ride align that (<deleted>). When you have 100+kgs on the top of 50+ kgs motor cycle, there is no chance in hell a top heavy rider can balance a fart in a phone box, on that. No they would not give me the license but 4 years later still riding and have never had to pay tea money when pulled up as bike is always clean and registered and insured.

Thai kids on cycles will never change - getting shot at by whatever should- a little higher and no matter if it was done in fun, could have been deadly serious. But kids screwing the throttle wide open on noisy motorbikes - as Pattaya kids tend to do - maybe the shot was from a disgruntled local. Who knows in the LOS?

[newermonkey]

The five teenagers were shot by shotguns. Hence their injuries were minor.

Yeah, a toy shotgun perhaps.

One tiny hole in chest--------from a shotgun??????

Yes with a shotgun there is a lot of spread and each shot of lead which can vary in size from 9.14mm for buckshot down to 1.3mm for a 12 gauge will fly out at a wider distance the farther it travels . from the photo it looks like he got shot with one pellet of around 2 to 3mm quite painful though because the hospital will need to "dig around" as it all has to come out otherwise he could get lead poisoning.

[Just1Voice]

Sometimes I go pick up my niece from school. She turned 14 in December. While waiting for her, I can't even count the number of kids WELL BELOW 15 that are 2-3-4 up on a motorbike leaving school, with a BiB out in front of the school directing traffic.

About a week ago in BoSang I saw a motorbike suddenly weave in front of me, hit the curb and dump both passengers onto the sidewalk. They had just pulled out of 7/11. I stopped to make sure they were ok, which they were with only some minor scratches and abrasions, I swear that the boy driving couldn't have been more than 10 or 11 years old, with the girl passenger MAYBE a little older. Probably his sister.

Parents cry and wail when their kids get killed in a motorbike accident, and want to sue the driver of the car/truck that did it, when the real person to blame is the one that looks back at them from the mirror. But TiT and you can't convince them it's THEIR fault.

[eirikur3]

The five teenagers were shot by shotguns. Hence their injuries were minor.

Yeah, a toy shotgun perhaps.

One tiny hole in chest--------from a shotgun??????

Yes with a shotgun there is a lot of spread and each shot of lead which can vary in size from 9.14mm for buckshot down to 1.3mm for a 12 gauge will fly out at a wider distance the farther it travels . from the photo it looks like he got shot with one pellet of around 2 to 3mm quite painful though because the hospital will need to "dig around" as it all has to come out otherwise he could get lead poisoning.

Shooting is always serious, no matter if its an airgun or whatever (try to get one of those in the eye)