Spanish man who ‘slashed his own arms’ rescued from Indonesian boat off Phuket

[Lite Beer]

Spanish man who ‘slashed his own arms’ rescued from Indonesian boat off Phuket

PHUKET: At 2am early this morning, Phuket rescue workers responded to an alert from the Third Naval Area command that a man needed medical attention on an Indonesian fishing boat anchored off Koh Tapao Noi island near Phuket.

According to initial reports, the man of European descent had cut off his arms.

However, when rescue workers boarded the vessel Taishan, they found the injured man lying down on the deck with both arms intact.

The man was identified by a Spanish passport as Mr Juan Rafael Grana Santos, 57, and he did have a few slashes on each arm that were bandaged before he was carried off the boat and transferred to Vachira Hospital for further inspection.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/spanish-man-who-slashed-his-own-arms-rescued-from-indonesian-boat-off-phuket-51414.php

-- Phuket News 2015-03-15

[asdecas]

Bizarre

[zaphod reborn]

Seems they quickly accepted his wounds were self-inflicted. I wonder if there is more to this story.

[Daniel Ingalls]

Here we go again! one more........This time a mermaid issue?

[simon43]

According to initial reports, the man of European descent had cut off his arms.

Eh? How do you do that then? One arm maybe, but two??