Monday 10th November 2008

Man shot in the face following bust-up in Pub car park.

In the early hours of Sunday Morning, Police and rescue services were called to the Car Park of a popular Thai Pub located at the North end of Pattaya Third Road to deal with a fatal shooting. At the scene, rescue workers attended to Khun Prakit aged 22 who had been shot in his face. Nearby was his distraught girlfriend, Khun Suratchawadee aged 19 who explained that inside the Pub she had a disagreement with another female named as Khun Mint. The pair had fought on a number of occasions and once again trouble erupted between the two women. Security Staff at the Pub ordered the pair to leave the pub and in the car park a fight broke out between Mint, her male friends and Khun Suratchawadee who was slightly injured. She called her boyfriend, Khun Prakit, who soon arrived to rescue his girlfriend from the crowd of attackers. However, when Khun Prakit approached his girlfriend, a man known only as “Jack” came out from the crowd, produced a gun and shot in Khun Prakit’s face. The victim was pronounced dead in Hospital some time later and Police are now analyzing CCTV images from the scene as they hunt for the shooter. Other’s involved in the incident are currently being questioned by Police.