Old Men Stab Each Other To Death In Phuket Bank

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Old men stab each other to death in Phuket bank
Tanyaluk Sakoot


The Ayudhya Bank branch in Poonpon Rd where the deadly dispute took place. Image Google Street View

PHUKET: -- Two elderly men stabbed each other to death in a bank in Phuket Town at midday today (June 6). Both died.

The manager of the Poonpon Rd branch of the Bank of Ayudhya, Sophon Udomsap, called police after the two men, who had been discussing a debt in a 2nd floor room of the bank, began to argue fiercely, and then stared to fight.

By the time officers arrived the two were lying in a bloody heap on the floor of the room, dead.

Mr Sopon told police that Ponthakorn Teerabenjakul, 60, the owner of apartment in Thung Thong, had borrowed a large amount of money from Paiboon Weswanich-sanong, 71, putting up his apartment and land, valued at more than B30 million, as security against the loan.

Ponthakorn failed to repay the money so the two agreed to meet in the bank with the manager to discuss how the debt might be repaid. Paiboon brought with him two potential buyers of Ponthakorn's land

The discussions grew ever more heated until Ponthakorn pulled out a flick knife and began to stab Paiboon in the chest. The gravely wounded Paiboon managed to grab hold of the knife and stabbed his assailant in return until both collapsed, dying from loss of blood.

The bodies were sent to Vachira Phuket Hospital to await collection by relatives.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/old-men-stab-each-other-to-death-in-phuket-bank-39981.php


-- Phuket News 2013-06-06

[TheShockMaster]

Amazing Thailand.

[Johnniey]

Surprised men that age can fight with knives.

[gl555]

They came to the bank expecting trouble being armed at all.

[laurentbkk]

ridiculous .... they only know violence in this country ? next to my house 3 weeks ago a guy came with a gun and try to kill his sister for money issues ... police came and caught the guy ..... Amazing Thailand

[transam]

Amazing Thailand.

No, amazing money.

[andreandre]

Once again...the site that can not be mentioned has a different story, they say it was a murder-suicide and once again , i believe that that site has it right.

.PN needs to re check its info before releasing it..its near always flawed

The 60 yo guy is actually 50 yo[have a pic of his ID card on line]

A shocked Phuket bank manager looked on today as one customer stabbed another customer then killed himself with the same knife.

The murder-suicide took place in the conference room of the Krungsri Bank in Poonpol, Phuket City, soon after the three men kept their noon appointment.

First to die was Piboon Vachwanichsanong, 71, who owed money to the man who killed him.

Wielding the knife was Ponthakorn Treerabenjakul, 50, who had sought replayment of a loan to Khun Piboon.

Edited June 6, 2013 by andreandre

[Shot]

Where were the two potential buyers Paiboon brought with him?

[stevenl]

Where were the two potential buyers Paiboon brought with him?

The whole story in this paper does not make sense, also the link to the bank is missing.

[andreandre]

Where were the two potential buyers Paiboon brought with him?

The whole story in this paper does not make sense, also the link to the bank is missing.

The bank according to ''not to be mentioned'' site is Krungsri Bank [complete with action photos at the scene]

PN above report shows Bank of Ayudhya..how wrong can they get it all?

OOps i got it wrong mate tells me its the new name.., i dont know for sure but building looks same in both sites.....

PN must have used old stock photo......

Edited June 6, 2013 by andreandre

[Payboy]

Where were the two potential buyers Paiboon brought with him?

The whole story in this paper does not make sense, also the link to the bank is missing.

The bank according to ''not to be mentioned'' site is Krungsri Bank [complete with action photos at the scene]

PN above report shows Bank of Ayudhya..how wrong can they get it all?

BAY is Krungsri.

[stevenl]

Where were the two potential buyers Paiboon brought with him?

The whole story in this paper does not make sense, also the link to the bank is missing.

The bank according to ''not to be mentioned'' site is Krungsri Bank [complete with action photos at the scene]

PN above report shows Bank of Ayudhya..how wrong can they get it all?

OOps i got it wrong mate tells me its the new name.., i dont know for sure but building looks same in both sites.....

PN must have used old stock photo......

Yes, I know, but that is not the issue. The issue is the quality of the reporting.

Those names have been used intermittendly for many, many years now.

[JulesMad]

So, who is getting the land/money now?!?

Perfect way to start a family war.... This story will be continued

[AnotherOneAmerican]

Scary stuff, and horrendous photos.

[Sunderland]

Sad for the families, but what a pair of plonkers!

[stevenl]

So, who is getting the land/money now?!?

Perfect way to start a family war.... This story will be continued

The apartment is in the name of Ponthakorn, so his family gets that. The loan to Krunsri is in the name of Paiboon, so his family gets that (if no life insurance). So Paiboon's family had better hope there is a watertight contract for the loan that also covers death.

[metisdead]

A post containing an overly graphic photo has been removed.

[qdinthailand]

They came to the bank expecting trouble being armed at all.

Hey, its how you do business here. If talk and reasoning fail - forget the lawyers - pull out a blade!

[webfact]

Two dead in bank conference room stabbing

Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- A real estate loan gone sour ended in the stabbing deaths of the borrower and the lender in the conference room of a bank in Phuket Town early Thursday afternoon.

Police arrived at the scene to find both men dead from multiple stab wounds, one with the knife stuck in his chest.

Phonthakorn Teerabenjakul, 51, had borrowed 30.8 million baht from Piboon Vachwanichsanong, 71, using as collateral the title to a piece of land he owned on which an apartment building was being constructed, said Phuket City Police Superintendent Sermphan Sirikong.

“Mr Phonthakorn had agreed to pay back the loan on June 5, but was unable to do so,” Col Sermphan said. “The men had tried to reach an agreement already, but could not.”

They came to the bank to try again with the help of the bank manager.

“The plan was to sell the property to two women who were interested in buying it for 38 million baht,” Col Sermphan said.

Police believe that the conflict concerned the 7.2 million baht profit the sale would bring.

The two men, the buyers and Bank of Ayudhya branch manager Sophon Udomsab met at midday in the business loan section of the bank. Mr Phonthakorn and Mr Piboon negotiated, but couldn’t reach an agreement. Mr Sophon excused himself to let the two men continue their discussion.

“After Mr Sophon left the room, Mr Phonthakorn, who was very tense, jumped up with a knife in his hand and stabbed Mr Piboon,” said Col Sermphan. “When the two buyers saw what was happening, they ran for their lives.”

The meeting room had a glass wall, and staffers were outside, but police have struggled to find witnesses as everyone fled at the sight of the violence, said Col Sermphan.

Once it was quiet in the room, staff went back in and found both men lying face up on the floor in a pool of blood.

When police examined the bodies they found Mr Piboon with stab wounds in his neck and on his right leg, armpit and forearm.

Mr Phonthakorn had seven wounds on his body, and the knife he had attacked Mr Piboon with was stuck in his chest.

“There was no CCTV in the meeting room,” Col Sermphan said.

Police sent the two bodies to Vachira Hospital.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Two-dead-in-bank-conference-room-stabbing-21261.html


-- Phuket Gazette 2013-06-07

[Payboy]

Just a couple of vocational school kids, only 60-70 years old.

[chooka]

Strange story, one knife and two people both dead, no witnesses. Something doesn't seem right here. After being stabbed in the neck and other places the 71 yr old guy has disarmed his much younger attacker and then stabbed him to death before rolling over and dying from a loss of blood?

[simple1]

Strange story, one knife and two people both dead, no witnesses. Something doesn't seem right here. After being stabbed in the neck and other places the 71 yr old guy has disarmed his much younger attacker and then stabbed him to death before rolling over and dying from a loss of blood?

In BKK Post report it states the 51 year old stabbed the 71 year old man, then comitted suicide by stabbing himself. As you say something is not right with the media reports.

[andreandre]

Surprised men that age can fight with knives.

Why surprised? Not hard to stick a knife into someone, no matter how old you are if the need may arise...

[chooka]

Strange story, one knife and two people both dead, no witnesses. Something doesn't seem right here. After being stabbed in the neck and other places the 71 yr old guy has disarmed his much younger attacker and then stabbed him to death before rolling over and dying from a loss of blood?

In BKK Post report it states the 51 year old stabbed the 71 year old man, then comitted suicide by stabbing himself. As you say something is not right with the media reports.

Well that makes more sense

[Cuban]

Adrenaline enables people to do amazing things.

[sausageandmash]

Once again...the site that can not be mentioned has a different story, they say it was a murder-suicide and once again , i believe that that site has it right.

.PN needs to re check its info before releasing it..its near always flawed

The 60 yo guy is actually 50 yo[have a pic of his ID card on line]

A shocked Phuket bank manager looked on today as one customer stabbed another customer then killed himself with the same knife.

The murder-suicide took place in the conference room of the Krungsri Bank in Poonpol, Phuket City, soon after the three men kept their noon appointment.

First to die was Piboon Vachwanichsanong, 71, who owed money to the man who killed him.

Wielding the knife was Ponthakorn Treerabenjakul, 50, who had sought replayment of a loan to Khun Pi

I think it's pretty much the same story

Edited June 7, 2013 by sausageandmash

[blackman]

They came to the bank expecting trouble being armed at all.

being armed in Thailand is the norm rather than the exception

[dalsobrook]

Where were the potential buyers? Only in Thailand I suppose.

[stevenl]

Where were the potential buyers? Only in Thailand I suppose.

Did you read the story?

[kdw512]

Are you telling me that bank tellers, customers, and whoever else was in that bank at the time, couldn't have stopped after teh first stabbing wound?