PHUKET: A young German tourist who was attacked by knife-wielding bag thieves in Krabi City at the weekend had a portion of her thumb cut off in the assault, authorities in Krabi confirmed today. The sliced portion of thumb was restored in an emergency operation yesterday at Bangkok Hospital Phuket, Phuketwan has learned. One of her two female companions – also Germans – was also cut. Read article
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PHUKET: Two youths have admitted to being involved in cutting off the thumb of a young German tourist in a savage knife attack in Krabi City at the weekend. Krabi police arrested the two youths and two others who between them admitted to four attacks on tourists. Two of the youths are aged 16, one […]
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PHUKET: A British expat resident and his Thai wife were brutally murdered at a small Thai tourist resort for 200 baht and a mobile telephone, police said today. Officers arrested the security guard, a chef and a local fisherman over the killing of Michael Raymond, 68, and his wife Suchada Bonkamdi, 52, early yesterday morning. […]
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PHUKET: Thirty-three foreigners are among the inmates at Phuket Provincial Prison, where the total of 1600 prisoners now is twice the capacity for which the jail was built more than a century ago. While more than 80 percent of the Thais are being held for drugs-related offences, 14 out of the 33 foreigners are inside […]
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PHUKET: A young tourist from Finland died when his motorcycle crashed off the Big Buddha road last night, Phuket police said today.The man, aged 32, was killed about 9pm. He was riding using an international licence. Read article
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PHUKET: Four Phuket tourists have have been killed in a Saturday evening collision on the main road north of Phuket – a pileup that brought the total toll in that area to 14 dead in three horror smashes in just over a month. Five more tourists have been taken to hospital, some to Phuket, and […]
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A German resident reportedly fell from a window ledge in his 4th floor apartment in South Pattaya early on Monday morning. Police and Rescue Services were called to the apartment complex located in Soi 16 off the South Pattaya Road to assist Mr. Martin Theuniben aged 49, who is physically disabled, according to staff at […]
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Japanese cameraman was shot dead while he was filming the protests in Bangkok two years ago. His family will receive 250.000 us dolars compensation promised Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Yingluck told reporters before leaving on an official visit to Japan that her government would send a letter of condolence to the family of Hiroyuki […]
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An Australian tourist, 47, died from a head injury after falling in a stairwell at the Pacific Light Hotel in the Patong section of the island earlier today (March 6). The tourist and his wife were returning to their hotel at about 0500 hours and were ascending the internal stairwell to their fourth-floor guest room […]
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A tourist bus crashed at the border town of Koh Kong on Tuesday killing two and wounded 44 others including three US nationals. A 22-year-old Russian tourist died immediately at the scene. Read article
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