Handicapped man who 'answered back' beaten to death by knife wielding Thai mob

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Handicapped man who 'answered back' beaten to death by knife wielding Thai mob


Image: Manager Online

BANGKOK:-- A gang of Thai youths wielding swords slashed and killed a handicapped man in a Bangkok street Sunday.

The 36 year old was killed for daring to answer back when the drunks teased him for being a cripple, reports Manager Online.

The latest shocking Thai street violence was caught on CCTV and posted online.

Police called to the scene of the attack early Sunday morning initially failed to break up the vicious attack and needed to fire into the air before restoring order and detaining the gang.

Six men aged between 18 and 22 have been named and arrested.

Chok Chai police in the Lat Prao area of Bangkok had been alerted to the trouble and rushed to the Chok Chai 4, Intersection 69, area where the attack was in progress in front of a bread shop. A man was being hit with knives and assaulted with a brick.

They tried to break up the melee without success before shots fired into the air helped them arrest the gang who had earlier arrived on motorcycles.

Somkiat Srichan, 36, a man who delivered bread for a living and who had a leg handicap and walked with a limp, had suffered multiple knife wounds and injuries from being hit with a heavy object.

He was rushed to Paolo Hospital, Chok Chai 4, but died soon after.

The arrested men are Pirapong Yotsaponganan, 21, Patcharapon (An) Thatsana, 22, Monmanat (Toey) Saengpho, 22, Jatuporn (Beer) Chansopha, 18, Thek (Meik) Phongrasorn, 19, and Arin (Ter) Yotsaponganan, 20.

They told police that they had been drinking at a friend's home in Lat Prao. As they drove past on their motorcycles they saw a crippled man in front of a bread shop and teased him about his handicap and the name of the shop. The man was angry, they said, and answered back. Drunk and angry they then parked their bikes and set upon him with knives they had in their possession before police arrived.

Charges of assault causing death and carrying concealed weapons in a public place have been laid.

The clips were posted by "Phap Det - Clip Det Thailand"

Source: Manager Online

[Pib]

I hope these punks rot in prison and then hell.

[SoFarAndNear]

Unbelievable I can only hope that these guys will never seen the outside of a prison wall in the next 15 years. What a waste of life. What is goes on in someones brain to attack a single handicapped man in a group with Ninja swords.

[bigvibes]

Wow, making fun of a cripple and then attacking him. They'll have a long time in jail to contemplate their stupidity.

[Wildliferescue]

Utter evil, may they rot in jail.

http://manager.co.th/Crime/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9590000044219 for article and video.

[craigt3365]

I'm not sure if violence is getting worse (many think it is) or are these things being reported more? Maybe someone who's been here a long time can help out???

Horrible. I do hope they rot in jail. Sadly, that probably won't happen.

[tonray]

Another group of fine upstanding Thai men....wait for it....here come the apologists with....."he has no business being crippled in public"

Right on Lat Phrao Road...that is only a few Sois away from the Police Station too.

[harrry]

In some jails they may even find they are the one with the broken leg or legs.

[Ruin]

They'll apologize

[1happykamper]

Completely off topic rant: why the heck is it soooo trendy here on TV to use the word "apologist". This word is hardly used anywhere else in the media! Mix it up a little please!!

[chainarong]

I'm not sure if violence is getting worse (many think it is) or are these things being reported more? Maybe someone who's been here a long time can help out???

Horrible. I do hope they rot in jail. Sadly, that probably won't happen.

Getting worse , far worse than 1980 when I first arrived ,but alas we have moved on , sometimes not for the better, back then Thai's never worshiped the rich either.

[macksview]

puck, scroats pucking parasites.

RIP bread man

[losworld]

I'm not sure if violence is getting worse (many think it is) or are these things being reported more? Maybe someone who's been here a long time can help out???

Horrible. I do hope they rot in jail. Sadly, that probably won't happen.

With the current censorship I doubt reporting is up draw your own conclusions.

[chiang mai]

Completely off topic rant: why the heck is it soooo trendy here on TV to use the word "apologist". This word is hardly used anywhere else in the media! Mix it up a little please!!

Limited vocabulary and intellect, it's still fashionable to use despite being massively passe, says much about the poster using the word.

[chainarong]

I am not sure the international community would appreciate this type of incident in their media tomorrow , it will make a lot of people wonder as I am just where is the world going, this kind of happening in Thailand is very uncharacteristic.............................................

[worgeordie]

Take no responsibility, blame it on the drink,notice how a gang will attack

a lone cripple man, and old age pensioners, very brave.

regards Worgeordie

[thesetat2013]

Yet another sad attack on a helpless victim by a fan of thugs. Good thing that it was shared online for the world to see that these attacks are becoming more violent and more frequent. I just hope that the gov doesn't use these attacks to blame others for showing them and sharing those clips online and ultimately putting a firewall to block Thais from showing the world animals in action. I think after that families attack became known to the world that a firewall is inevitable though. Tarnishing Thailand's image is the worst thing that can be done since they thrive on tourist dollars.

No matter how good you show something or someplace to be, people will always remember the bad first.

[torpedo1970]

They will admit the crime, get half the sentence. then apologize and say sorry with a wai, then it will be forgiven. most likely they will also join some temple for a while to it all is forgotten.......

but the big crime here will be investigated.

Who leaked the video and posted it online...... will be hunted down and get up to 10 years in prison!

after all TIT

[tracker1]

Police tried to break up the melee without success before shots fired into the air helped them arrest the gang ! What was wrong with shooting them they dont seem to have any convictions of shooting drug carriers but murderers hmmm

[changnaam]

Just when you thought it couldn't get worse.

People will start arming themselves soon and fighting back against this element of Thai society which is an embarrassment to the country. The govt should be cracking down on this rather than chasing people who try and show the world what is going on.

RIP bread man, simply trying to exist, how sad. He probably had people depending on him.

[tominbkk]

I'm not sure if violence is getting worse (many think it is) or are these things being reported more? Maybe someone who's been here a long time can help out???

Horrible. I do hope they rot in jail. Sadly, that probably won't happen.

Seems to me these things have always happened. Just a lot more reporting of them these days. Very sad thing.

[WhizBang]

An apology and a wai and all will be well. And let's not forget the favorite excuse... we were drunk.

Sadly, Thailand sinks lower and lower every day.

[Tompa]

<deleted> is wrong with people!

[MZurf]

Interesting.....

[shirtless]

This is starting to get really pathetic, Young Thai males need to take a good look at themselves , and also the not so young,

[kimamey]

Clearly no respect for anyone or any laws or Buddhism (assuming the claim to be Buddhist). Drunk. Driving while drunk. Killing. Obviously there was some premeditation as they were already armed.

Doesn't say if the victim had family. If he did hopefully they will get help.

[arminbkk]

"They told police that they had been drinking at a friend's home in Lat Prao. As they drove past on their motorcycles they saw a crippled man in front of a bread shop and teased him about his handicap and the name of the shop. The man was angry, they said, and answered back. Drunk and angry they then parked their bikes and set upon him with knives they had in their possession before police arrived."

The attacked happened at 08:30 hrs Sunday morning.

[NCC1701A]

I think I will start dressing like Deadpool.

[Deez]

Forget firing in the air. The cop should have picked them off one by one...

[DrTuner]

It's all fair game here. Women, babies, cripples, grannies .. no matter, when the glorious Thai male decides to flip, anything goes.