PHUKET: The body of a Caucasian man was found off Phuket's tiny Kata Noi beach today by a marine biology researcher.
Dressed in just a pair of black and green/yellow swim shorts, the man appeared to have head wounds and a wound on his stomach. Investigators could not be certain whether the wounds had been inflicted before or after death.
He was about 180 centimetres tall, according to police, with a distinctive tattoo on his left calf that appeared to be circular razor wire, with a central swastika.
Phuket Marine Biological Centre researcher Chaimongkul Yamarunpattana quickly alerted authorities when he found the floating body about 9am.
Police reckoned the man could have been in the water for between a week and 10 days.
In September, a body was found at Surin beach that initially appeared to be a female, with wrists bound. However, forensic pathologists established that the body was male, and that the wrist bindings were entrails.
It hasn't yet been determined whether that body was Caucasian or Asian.
Officers from Karon Police Station are checking with other stations on Phuket to see whether any Caucasian man fitting the description has been reported missing.
The body found off Kata Noi today was taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital.
Dressed in just a pair of black and green/yellow swim shorts, the man appeared to have head wounds and a wound on his stomach. Investigators could not be certain whether the wounds had been inflicted before or after death.
He was about 180 centimetres tall, according to police, with a distinctive tattoo on his left calf that appeared to be circular razor wire, with a central swastika.
Phuket Marine Biological Centre researcher Chaimongkul Yamarunpattana quickly alerted authorities when he found the floating body about 9am.
Police reckoned the man could have been in the water for between a week and 10 days.
In September, a body was found at Surin beach that initially appeared to be a female, with wrists bound. However, forensic pathologists established that the body was male, and that the wrist bindings were entrails.
It hasn't yet been determined whether that body was Caucasian or Asian.
Officers from Karon Police Station are checking with other stations on Phuket to see whether any Caucasian man fitting the description has been reported missing.
The body found off Kata Noi today was taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital.
"a distinctive tattoo on his left calf that appeared to be circular razor wire, with a central swastika" whilst appreciating the swastika is used in Buddhism I think most modern Thais appreciate it's use in the largest genocide in human history by the Nazis who used the symbol in abundance they do not use it. How many do you see in Phuket, I have seen 2 in six years. It is illegal in Germany. You have to question someone especially if they are European Caucasian on their views which would clearly be anti-Semitic to have a tattoo like this!
Posted by Feisty Farang on November 27, 2014 16:14
Editor Comment:
Not necessarily, FF. History is so poorly taught that it's possible that the tattoo has been chosen from a book as a decoration, without understanding of its significance. Reading the minds of the dead is not a skill many people have developed.