Indian Tourists Brawl with Thais on Pattaya Beach Road

[reader]

 

Foreign tourists, reported to be of Indian nationality, engaged in a violent brawl with Thai people right on Pattaya Beach Road early today, sending shockwaves through the city just one day before its New Year’s celebration.

For those interested, the video of the incident. Keep in mind, although nobody was seriously injured and the video is not graphic, extremely sensitive viewers should use caution. https://fb.watch/pd1DYdAKjL/?mibextid=Nif5oz

On December 28th, 2023, at dawn, local residents and joggers running along Pattaya Beach captured the shocking incident on video, which quickly went viral on Thai social media. The roughly one-minute clip depicted Thai and Indian people, both men and women, exchanging blows in the middle of busy Pattaya Beach Road near Soi 13 in the Nongprue sub-district.

The video showed individuals wielding dangerous objects like sticks over a meter long, belts, glass bottles, and even metal kitchen ladles. The aggressive behavior brought traffic on part of Beach Road to a standstill as onlookers feared getting caught in the crossfire. Despite the distressed cries of women in the vicinity, no one dared intervene, and the brawl continued unabated for an unknown period.

The cause of the initial confrontation remains unclear as of press time, but the incident has cast a shadow over Pattaya’s image as a peaceful tourist destination, particularly at a time when the town is gearing up for a grand New Year’s celebration, the eyewitness said.

Pattaya police have not yet disclosed if any complaints regarding the incident have been filed, but an investigation is underway. Police are expected to interview both parties involved and collect CCTV footage from the area as evidence for potential legal proceedings.

 

[floridarob]

Go to the video link just for the comments, lol

[Phoenixblue]

6 hours ago, reader said:

 

Foreign tourists, reported to be of Indian nationality, engaged in a violent brawl with Thai people right on Pattaya Beach Road early today, sending shockwaves through the city just one day before its New Year’s celebration.

For those interested, the video of the incident. Keep in mind, although nobody was seriously injured and the video is not graphic, extremely sensitive viewers should use caution. https://fb.watch/pd1DYdAKjL/?mibextid=Nif5oz

On December 28th, 2023, at dawn, local residents and joggers running along Pattaya Beach captured the shocking incident on video, which quickly went viral on Thai social media. The roughly one-minute clip depicted Thai and Indian people, both men and women, exchanging blows in the middle of busy Pattaya Beach Road near Soi 13 in the Nongprue sub-district.

The video showed individuals wielding dangerous objects like sticks over a meter long, belts, glass bottles, and even metal kitchen ladles. The aggressive behavior brought traffic on part of Beach Road to a standstill as onlookers feared getting caught in the crossfire. Despite the distressed cries of women in the vicinity, no one dared intervene, and the brawl continued unabated for an unknown period.

The cause of the initial confrontation remains unclear as of press time, but the incident has cast a shadow over Pattaya’s image as a peaceful tourist destination, particularly at a time when the town is gearing up for a grand New Year’s celebration, the eyewitness said.

Pattaya police have not yet disclosed if any complaints regarding the incident have been filed, but an investigation is underway. Police are expected to interview both parties involved and collect CCTV footage from the area as evidence for potential legal proceedings.

 

This is very "un-thailandish". Thai people, as far as I know, do not engage in public brawls on this stage, this behaviour is more common in India. Sad really.

[Marc in Calif]

8 hours ago, Phoenixblue said:

This is very "un-thailandish". Thai people, as far as I know, do not engage in public brawls on this stage, this behaviour is more common in India. Sad really.

People from the South Asian region -- and especially Indians -- have a reputation for violence and thuggery, particularly in mobs

In fact, the English word thug is derived originally from a Sanskrit word used to describe those who murdered and robbed travelers.

[Olddaddy]

5 hours ago, Marc in Calif said:

People from the South Asian region -- and especially Indians -- have a reputation for violence and thuggery, particularly in mobs

In fact, the English word thug is derived originally from a Sanskrit word used to describe those who murdered and robbed travelers.

Reputation?

The most safest areas where I live are indian / Nepalese populated suburbs,never seen them violent.

[reader]

7 hours ago, Marc in Calif said:

People from the South Asian region -- and especially Indians -- have a reputation for violence and thuggery, particularly in mobs

In fact, the English word thug is derived originally from a Sanskrit word used to describe those who murdered and robbed travelers.

You cast a wide net, Marc. Sure there aren't any "thugs' in your own back yard you'd care to include?

From Wikipedia

South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethnic-cultural terms. As commonly conceptualized, the modern states of South Asia include Afghanistan,^[7] Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and in some cases, Iran. South Asia borders East Asia to the northeast, Central Asia to the northwest, West Asia to the west and Southeast Asia to the east. Topographically, it is dominated by the Indian subcontinent and is bounded by the Indian Ocean in the south, and the Himalayas, Karakoram, and Pamir mountains in the north.

 

[Marc in Calif]

5 hours ago, reader said:

You cast a wide net, Marc. Sure there aren't any "thugs' in your own back yard you'd care to include?

Well, this thread is about Thais and visitors from India, isn't it? 

American thugs have had their own threads in these forums -- richly deserved! 🤓

[Marc in Calif]

7 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

Reputation?

The most safest [sic] areas where I live are indian / Nepalese populated suburbs,never seen them violent.

So you live in India? Nepal?

I'm not talking about Indian expats abroad, especially in the "suburbs."

They're precisely those South Asians who have left their motherlands because of nationalistic and religious thuggery. \

Thanks for demonstrating my point! 😍

[vinapu]

2 hours ago, Marc in Calif said:

 

They're precisely those South Asians who have left their motherlands because of nationalistic and religious thuggery. \

 

some perhaps but most , like people of other nationalities , moved because they wanted to improve material lot of their life.

[Marc in Calif]

On 12/29/2023 at 12:10 PM, vinapu said:

some perhaps but most , like people of other nationalities , moved because they wanted to improve material lot of their life.

Yes indeed!

Escaping violence and crime (and rampant nationalism and religious bigotry) will immediately improve their material lot. 👍