Krabi teens claim stabbing of British tourist was a 'misunderstanding'

Phuket Gazette

British tourist Daniel Cole, 21, said he would like to resume his travels as soon as possible. Photo: Atchaa Khamlo

PHUKET: -- Two teenagers who confessed to attacking a British tourist in Krabi on Monday have claimed that they “misunderstood” the foreigner’s actions and thought he was insulting them.

The victim, Daniel Cole, 21, has already undergone surgery for the cut wounds to his temple, chest, right shoulder and right arm and is recovering at Bangkok Hospital Phuket.

Anusorn Kullak, 18, and his accomplice, 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, are being held at Krabi Prison.

“They said Mr Cole had insulted them, so the 17-year-old stabbed him with a 15-inch Sparta knife, while Mr Anusorn used a shoe to beat him,” Ao Nang officer Lt Col Niwat Pimket told the Phuket Gazette.

The men ran off after the attack, and then people at a nearby dive shop called the police and rescue workers, he explained.

The British woman, April Clifton, 21, who was walking with Mr Cole was not attacked. The pair were arrested about four hours after the incident.

Today, Mr Cole explained to police that he was still shocked by the attack. However, he would like to return to his travels in Krabi as soon as the hospital discharges him.

Source: http://www.phuketgaz...ticle19252.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2012-10-26

The women did not get attacked !!!!! pushed to the floor, .i would say that's getting attacked.hit with a shoe haha maybe a flip flop.yeh yeh yeh.what about the stab wounds i saw !!!knife and machete for sure.100%They circled him on bikes,lobed stones and bricks at him,then pushed his girlfriend to the ground,maybe then he insulted them .Wouldn't we all !!!every day we get insulted farang farang farang....but we don't slash people up.Last night fighting broke out on ao nang beach .Thai on Thai kids with bikes.with many arrests. I've just seen around 30 modify bikes on the nopparrat road today .Maybe a gang war has started...wild west here we go again......oh sorry i forgot pity they didn't show the other side of his face.or the wounds on the day.....Lastly, the headline stabbing.....more like Slashing ,you dont stab with a spartar.....

Just seen more photos on another site,clearly it shows the women was attacked, just look at her elbow.Resume his travels .lol ...yes to get his bags out of Ao nang, they are both terrified of the thought of going to that pier again and Ao nang .......Reporters ha ha ..same same but different lol

Kids on kids in Ao nang, sounds good to me, let them kill each other, makes for a few useless XXXXX less in this area.

Maybe he did something to provoke the attack ?

I live in Ao-nang and I've seen it get steadily worse over the last 10yrs,Not surprised these B--t--ds make up a story that they were insulted, it will sure help them if they go to court, who do you think the Thai judges will believe? There is no justice for Farangs in Thailand.

The bad Thai's who are only a small minority, are starting to realise that it's now open season on Farangs, they know the Thai authorities will Always side with them, and protect them, what do you think the Thai authorities would do to a Farang who in self defence, where to hit a Thai.

Do you think the punishment would be the same?

Wielding a 15" weapon - yeah that makes sense.

Maybe he did something to provoke the attack ?

Here they come,the apologist.

Never ceases to surprise me,when there is a confrontation between a Thai and a Farang, 95% of the Thai's will side with their fellow Thai,even when the Thai is obviously in the wrong.While In the case of the Farangs, there is always a percentage who will give the benefit of doubt

To the Thai.

Maybe he did something to provoke the attack ?

Haven't you read any of this thread ?? and do you really think that if they felt insulted it merits stabbing someone several times with a 15" knife, get a grip...

Just read the report in the other paper what a cowardly attack chasing after the mans girlfriend and 5 against 1.

Well done mr hue for reporting it and helping the victims.

Pitifully poor reporting by the Gazette. They should be ashamed of themselves.

Maybe he did something to provoke the attack ?

A friend of mine drove past them minutes before the attack.she told me, that they were arm in arm walking romantically.He sure was not drunk,so why pick a fight against 7 people ?

Motive who knows....didn't want money...show off to the girls maybe....

Many times this has happened to me and my friends.I was kicked off my bike 5 months ago by 2 kids on bikes,just outside my home.

Having a handy bat next to my door helped allot.with them both running off, Leaving the bike behind.They told police Accident..lol

We even went out ,on night rides trying to lure them into attacking me.so we could catch them.3/4 local elder Thais following in the distance off course...

I would like to praise the local police ,for all there recent efforts .Well done.

little too late, but better than never.

Pitifully poor reporting by the Gazette. They should be ashamed of themselves.

Ditto

suspended sentence.. nothing to see here move on plzz

well this post was picked up by the dailymail and has now gone international !! -http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223544/Briton-stabbed-trying-save-21-year-old-girlfriend-sex-attack-Thailand-beach-resort.html#ixzz2APmuat4v

The British press are running it....that'll do wonders for tourism.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223544/Briton-stabbed-trying-save-21-year-old-girlfriend-sex-attack-Thailand-beach-resort.html

Pitifully poor reporting by the Gazette. They should be ashamed of themselves.

Ditto

TIT - if it ain't reported it didn't happen. Pattaya papers are the same.

A quick recovery to both of them

The British press are running it....that'll do wonders for tourism.

http://www.dailymail...ach-resort.html

Amazing how the Daily Mail morphed this in to a pack sex attack when apparently she was unharmed and they would have been free to do what they wanted to her after stabbing the boyfriend.

The British press are running it....that'll do wonders for tourism.

http://www.dailymail...ach-resort.html

Amazing how the Daily Mail morphed this in to a pack sex attack when apparently she was unharmed and they would have been free to do what they wanted to her after stabbing the boyfriend.

So you giving the Scum credit for not attacking and harming the girl? Read the article and what is being said about the area It's not policed .

Brit ex-pat slams Thai authorities for allowing 'gangs of teenagers, armed with knifes and machetes, to roam Ao Nang like a Hollywood horror movie'

Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz2AQQPEoD9

Krabi teens claim stabbing of British tourist was a 'misunderstanding'

Phuket Gazette

British tourist Daniel Cole, 21, said he would like to resume his travels as soon as possible. Photo: Atchaa Khamlo

PHUKET: -- Two teenagers who confessed to attacking a British tourist in Krabi on Monday have claimed that they “misunderstood” the foreigner’s actions and thought he was insulting them.

The victim, Daniel Cole, 21, has already undergone surgery for the cut wounds to his temple, chest, right shoulder and right arm and is recovering at Bangkok Hospital Phuket.

Anusorn Kullak, 18, and his accomplice, 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, are being held at Krabi Prison.

“They said Mr Cole had insulted them, so the 17-year-old stabbed him with a 15-inch Sparta knife, while Mr Anusorn used a shoe to beat him,” Ao Nang officer Lt Col Niwat Pimket told the Phuket Gazette.

The men ran off after the attack, and then people at a nearby dive shop called the police and rescue workers, he explained.

The British woman, April Clifton, 21, who was walking with Mr Cole was not attacked. The pair were arrested about four hours after the incident.

Today, Mr Cole explained to police that he was still shocked by the attack. However, he would like to return to his travels in Krabi as soon as the hospital discharges him.

Source: http://www.phuketgaz...ticle19252.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2012-10-26

The women did not get attacked !!!!! pushed to the floor, .i would say that's getting attacked.hit with a shoe haha maybe a flip flop.yeh yeh yeh.what about the stab wounds i saw !!!knife and machete for sure.100%They circled him on bikes,lobed stones and bricks at him,then pushed his girlfriend to the ground,maybe then he insulted them .Wouldn't we all !!!every day we get insulted farang farang farang....but we don't slash people up.Last night fighting broke out on ao nang beach .Thai on Thai kids with bikes.with many arrests. I've just seen around 30 modify bikes on the nopparrat road today .Maybe a gang war has started...wild west here we go again......oh sorry i forgot pity they didn't show the other side of his face.or the wounds on the day.....Lastly, the headline stabbing.....more like Slashing ,you dont stab with a spartar.....

Just seen more photos on another site,clearly it shows the women was attacked, just look at her elbow.Resume his travels .lol ...yes to get his bags out of Ao nang, they are both terrified of the thought of going to that pier again and Ao nang .......Reporters ha ha ..same same but different lol

Ya that is actually what it says when you click on the link.

Today, Mr Cole explained to police that he was still shocked by the attack. However, he said he would like to return to Krabi as soon as possible so he could collect his belongings and return home.

The British press are running it....that'll do wonders for tourism.

http://www.dailymail...ach-resort.html

Amazing how the Daily Mail morphed this in to a pack sex attack when apparently she was unharmed and they would have been free to do what they wanted to her after stabbing the boyfriend.

So you giving the Scum credit for not attacking and harming the girl? Read the article and what is being said about the area It's not policed .

Brit ex-pat slams Thai authorities for allowing 'gangs of teenagers, armed with knifes and machetes, to roam Ao Nang like a Hollywood horror movie'

Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz2AQQPEoD9

You realize the 'Brit expat' is the OP of this thread, and they took his quote directly from his post?

And yes I'm glad that the Daily Mail headline didn't happen and that it wasn't a 'sex pack attack' and that the girl was not harmed and not raped. It's bad enough that the guy was stabbed.

It's now the top story on the mail online , with probably 1 million views plus already , krabi needs to sort it out !

A post encouraging violent revenge has been removed. Any more will be similarly removed and their poster suspended.

Here's the father of the Dutch rape victim's video,a little strange but if it raises awareness then good luck to him.Heard of the same sort of attacks in Rawai,Phuket by gangs of drugged-up feral youths.Same problem all over the world but what's the solution?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRErWjo809g

The British press are running it....that'll do wonders for tourism.

http://www.dailymail...ach-resort.html

Amazing how the Daily Mail morphed this in to a pack sex attack when apparently she was unharmed and they would have been free to do what they wanted to her after stabbing the boyfriend.

Its also amazing how many stupid people there are on this forum. She was unharmed because he fought back.

Here's the father of the Dutch rape victim's video,a little strange but if it raises awareness then good luck to him.Heard of the same sort of attacks in Rawai,Phuket by gangs of drugged-up feral youths.Same problem all over the world but what's the solution?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRErWjo809g

What's the solution?

Well it would help if there was a police force to uphold the law, and secondly courts that would base their decisions on justice and not on nationality.

It's now the top story on the mail online , with probably 1 million views plus already , krabi needs to sort it out !

I understand it's been on British TV news channels too.

Sad to belive people, still think she was not attacked.

I would say physically,and mentally .Just check out the photos from another Phuket paper.

The British press are running it....that'll do wonders for tourism.

http://www.dailymail...ach-resort.html

Amazing how the Daily Mail morphed this in to a pack sex attack when apparently she was unharmed and they would have been free to do what they wanted to her after stabbing the boyfriend.

Its also amazing how many stupid people there are on this forum. She was unharmed because he fought back.

He had been stabbed, if it was a 'sex pack attack' they would have raped her after taking care of the boyfriend. They were with their girlfriends, whatever reason they had for doing this it wasn't that.

The British press are running it....that'll do wonders for tourism.

http://www.dailymail...ach-resort.html

Amazing how the Daily Mail morphed this in to a pack sex attack when apparently she was unharmed and they would have been free to do what they wanted to her after stabbing the boyfriend.

Its also amazing how many stupid people there are on this forum. She was unharmed because he fought back.

He had been stabbed, if it was a 'sex pack attack' they would have raped her after taking care of the boyfriend. They were with their girlfriends, whatever reason they had for doing this it wasn't that.

They were not after any cash. They went for the girl. The girl was assaulted. Her boyfriend attacked and then was attacked himself. He successfully diverted their attention to his cost. He had very good reason to believe she was about to be seriouisly sexually assaulted if not raped. You were not there. I prefer the account of the witness. If you do not believe woman have assisted males in the sexual assault and rape of other women then you are living in a very sheltered world. Quite clearly the two young Brits were objects/ targets, of whatever this group was trying to do. The Daily Mail does not need to hype this story. Its also running in The Times and many other newspapers and TV.

For me there is something wrong with this. In the 10 years of living here I can't remember a tourist getting attacked for nothing. I have seen plenty here get a good kicking by a bunch of Thai's thinking they were back home on a Saturday night in the own town but never just a random attack.

You also can't get stabbed several times with a 15" knife and suffer the small injuries he seems to have suffered. If it is an innocent attack on a tourist for no reason then it is a worrying trend. Lets hope it doesn't spread and if this is the case the police and the courts make an example of these people.

It's now the top story on the mail online , with probably 1 million views plus already , krabi needs to sort it out !

I understand it's been on British TV news channels too.

Does anybody know if it's been in the Thai papers or on Thai TV, my Thai wife has not seen anything about it. A few yrs ago a German girl was murdered by Thai's on the other end of Ao-Nang beach, strangely, no mention was made in the Thai media,perhaps the same will happen here.