reader Posted May 20 Posted May 20 From The Thaiger Patong police are currently pursuing a group of men responsible for a gang assault on Bangla Road that left a British tourist injured early yesterday morning. The incident took place near a 7-Eleven close to Soi Sea Dragon at 4.40am. Charlie Faulkner, a British tourist, was found with a stab wound on his lower left side when officers arrived at the scene. Rescue workers from the Kusoldharm Foundation administered first aid and subsequently transported him to Patong Hospital for further treatment. Witnesses reported to the police that Faulkner had been involved in an argument with a group of Thai men before being stabbed. After the assault, the group fled the scene, leaving Faulkner to seek help inside the 7-Eleven store. In related news, police arrested six Thai men for beating and stabbing two foreign men during the Songkran festival in the Isaan province of Roi Et on April 15. Quote
