Thai police are searching for a gunman who shot and killed two football fans at a beach resort after complaining they were cheering too loudly during a broadcast of Italy's World Cup opener against Ghana, officials said Wednesday.I'll bet that the tourist industry is just loving this last paragraph though:
Pattaya, about 110 kilometers (70 miles) southeast of Bangkok, is known for its beaches, its thriving sex industry and high crime rate. (emphasis mine)(Thank you CNN!)
Further reading, here, a Pattaya news source, doesn't mention the "cheering" aspect, but does give more in-depth coverage. The shooting was on the south-central part of Third Road... an area of town that most farangs stay away from after midnight.
(Truth of the matter is, for each hour after midnight that you are out in Pattaya, your chances of being the victim of a crime (or accident) increase by about 100%. By 4:00 in the morning, you are basically a walking crime statistic waiting to happen.)
UPDATE
Now that I think about it, the Italy game started at 1:15 a.m. The first goal was scored by Italy at approximately 2:00 a.m. According to the Pattaya News, the police were called to the bar at 6:00 a.m. Four hours later. Hmm... I smell bullshit.
Oh well. Two guys dead in Pattaya. No bullshit about that. Maybe getting Pattaya on the map as the murder capitol of Thailand will get the government to do something about it.
1 comment:
The more attention Pattaya gets, the worse off it will be.
I hope it doesn't become yet another 'sterile' town.
Thanks for the good blog Jil. Your blog makes mine look like a real piece of shit.
:-)
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