A gunman has intimidated no less than one tourist in Patong in Phuket yesterday. Local CCTV footage and eyewitness statements helped police officers at Patong Police Station track down the gunman, 25 12 months previous Kittipong Chanthawong, nicknamed ‘Bank’.
Bank had allegedly accosted the unnamed tourist on Bangla Road. Smooth surrendered to police close to a water shop next to a university.
Police confiscated Bank’s gun, bullets and clothes. The tourist who Bank accosted earlier within the day then identified Bank to the investigating police. So far, neither Bank’s motives, nor the charges he may face, have been confirmed. The Phuket News famous that it was not confirmed whether or not Bank had approached or threatened any other vacationers. Bank is originally from the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat.
This news comes after one other man threatened vacationers with a knife at a purchasing centre in Pattaya last month. Pattaya Police detained the person at Pattaya Police Station, and claim he was incoherent and couldn’t properly answer questions. The man had additionally reportedly been speaking in circles. The police reportedly had to use particular gear to subdue him, and the person didn’t identify himself.
He reportedly may have been a overseas nationwide from a rustic neighbouring Thailand.
A related incident occurred when a drunk man carried a large knife and threatened tourists on Pattaya Beach in 2020. He reportedly yelled incoherently as he threatened folks. Police had been called by native distributors after the man continued to be a nuisance in the space. The man was cooperative with police and acknowledged he was “just drunk” and needed to go residence to Bangkok..