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Phuket Axe Attack: Motorcycle Rider Hits Patong Colleague Twice in Head, Flees

Wednesday, September 18, 2013
PHUKET: A Phuket motorcycle taxi rider struck another rider twice with an axe today then fled across Patong. Police quickly arrested the man and he was being held at Kathu Police Station.

''We understand one man was teasing the other man,'' an officer said. About 9.50am, the motorcycle rider, upset with the teasing, struck his tormentor twice on the back of the head.

He then took off on a motorcycle with the axe, police said. Officers arrested him in beach road soon after.

Officers named Sarot Chaisit, 34, as the arrested man and Sompong Pookanka, 41, as his victim.

The two men had been sitting at their rank in Soi Kepsup, which runs off Rat-U-Tit 200 Pi Road, south of Soi Bangla.

Kusoldharm Foundation paramedics took Khun Sompong to Patong Hospital and he was later transferred to Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket City, on the other side of the island.

A hospital spokesperson declined to reveal his condition this afternoon.

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A lovely sight to go with your breakfast.....dear oh dear. Full Moon.

Posted by amazed on September 18, 2013 18:00

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What is a taxi motorbike driver doing with an axe ....do they all carry weapons? This is insane....

Posted by concerned on September 18, 2013 18:07

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this is normal for the taxi drivers, I saw myself as a taxi driver has thrown at another a axe, because of a dispute concerning a passenger, and every driver has a weapon, even if some do not want to believe.

Posted by Anonymous on September 18, 2013 20:34

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Its time all these guys were disarmed - and prison sentences fro anyone found carrying an illegal weapon.

Posted by Ciaran on September 19, 2013 11:14

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At least they try to kill each other and not tourists this time...

Posted by frog on September 19, 2013 11:42

Editor Comment:

Stop exaggerating. Motorcycle taxi riders are not noted for attacks on each other, or on tourists, frog.

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i would want someone else to reply on that MR Ed.. coz i seen and heard different ...

Posted by Frog on September 19, 2013 13:03


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