PHUKET: A motorcycle taxi driver suffered serious cuts when a man with a long knife attacked him in Patong last night in what police believe was a carefully planned revenge assault.
The latest serious violence in the Phuket holiday hub came at 7.45pm when a man jumped down from the back of a pickup truck as it paused in passing a motorcycle taxi rank in the road behind the Jungceylon shopping centre.
The man, carrying a long sparta knife, slashed motorcycle taxi rider Pawaras Phonjarung, 35, before climbing back into the truck and speeding off.
Khun Pawaras was swiftly carried to Patong Hospital and required 30 stitches to the cuts inflicted in the savage slashing.
Kathu Police Station officers believe both Khun Pawaras and his attacked are from the province of Nakhon Si Thammarat and may have a history of conflict.
The brutal attack followed the stabbing to death of a security guard outside Taipan nightclub in the central tourist area of Patong near the popular Bangla Road walking street, prompting calls for police to ensure the network of CCTV cameras is still working efficiently and the Pastong Safety Zone, created after the murder of Australian tourist Michelle Smith in 2012, is still in place.
Australian Mark Pendlebury, 59, a highly-regarded expat businessman, is on bail of 500,000 baht over the latest death.
Meetings between the Phuket Governor and the holiday island's honorary consuls, where issues about the safety of tourists and residents were often raised and the need for police vigilance was reinforced, are no longer being held.
The latest serious violence in the Phuket holiday hub came at 7.45pm when a man jumped down from the back of a pickup truck as it paused in passing a motorcycle taxi rank in the road behind the Jungceylon shopping centre.
The man, carrying a long sparta knife, slashed motorcycle taxi rider Pawaras Phonjarung, 35, before climbing back into the truck and speeding off.
Khun Pawaras was swiftly carried to Patong Hospital and required 30 stitches to the cuts inflicted in the savage slashing.
Kathu Police Station officers believe both Khun Pawaras and his attacked are from the province of Nakhon Si Thammarat and may have a history of conflict.
The brutal attack followed the stabbing to death of a security guard outside Taipan nightclub in the central tourist area of Patong near the popular Bangla Road walking street, prompting calls for police to ensure the network of CCTV cameras is still working efficiently and the Pastong Safety Zone, created after the murder of Australian tourist Michelle Smith in 2012, is still in place.
Australian Mark Pendlebury, 59, a highly-regarded expat businessman, is on bail of 500,000 baht over the latest death.
Meetings between the Phuket Governor and the holiday island's honorary consuls, where issues about the safety of tourists and residents were often raised and the need for police vigilance was reinforced, are no longer being held.
Man oh man this place is just getting scarier by the day
Posted by sky on March 13, 2015 09:15