By Grant Peck – AP and published by ABC News A DRONE attack on a police headquarters in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, just across the border from Mae Sot city in Thailand, has killed at least five officials including a senior army officer and a district administrator, members of two emergency rescue teams and media
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Teen boy fights thief who attacked grandma in condo
A TEENAGE boy grabbed a knife to fight a knife-wielding thief who had broken into their condominium and badly wounded his grandmother in the wee hours of this morning (July 2) with the latter then quickly escaping, Sanook.com said. Flight Sergeant First Class Wanchai (surname withheld), 59, said his older sister Tuk, 65, who
Read moreTwo Russian teens arrested in gang attack on rival at Pattaya market
TWO Russian teenagers who joined a gang of nearly 30 youths in an attack on a rival youth at a Pattaya market around 5 a.m. this morning (Apr. 22) have been arrested, TV Channel 7 said. Shopkeepers fled in panic after the youths rode up on their motorcycles and stormed the market in search
Read more4 injured as jealous soldier attacks motorcycle taxi riders
A JEALOUS soldier attacked motorcycle taxi riders parked in front of his girlfriend’s milk shop in Rat Burana area with a sickle and two ping-pong bombs slightly injuring four of them, Amarin TV said today (Mar. 12). At 4.30 p.m. yesterday Pol. Capt. Wisarut Thathong, a deputy inspector at Rat Burana station, was alerted
Read moreSeven dead in shooting outside East Jerusalem synagogue
By AFP and published by CNA Jerusalem – A gunman killed seven people at an east Jerusalem synagogue on Friday (Jan. 27), Israeli police said, in a dramatic escalation of violence that followed a deadly raid in the West Bank a day earlier. The shooting in the Neve Yaakov neighbourhood of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem
Read morePolice: Jealous Thai wife hired 2 Poles to attack Cambodian woman
A JEALOUS Thai woman likely hired two Polish men to viciously attack a Cambodian woman in Pattaya on Nov.1 with her face and body being slashed and acid poured on her genitals, Amarin TV said last evening (Dec. 9). This TV station’s news team went to Bang Lamung district, Chonburi, and uncovered a lot
Read more2 Frenchmen detained after attacking and seriously injuring Thai biker
TWO Frenchmen who badly beat up a Thai motorcyclist who overtook them as they rode down a Koh Samui road in a new Porsche sedan leading to severe brain haemorrhage were today (Oct. 17) detained at Koh Samui Court, Thai Rath newspaper said. Pol. Col. Yuttana Sirisombat, superintendent of Bophut police station, assigned his
Read moreFamilies argue after ninth grader badly slashes fellow student for ‘bullying’
THE families of two students with one having badly slashed the other for allegedly bullying him argued over compensation while the injured boy denied tormenting his classmate, Sanook.com said today (Sept. 7). The unnamed ninth grade student at a school in Pakham district of Buriram province used a grass hook which he brought from
Read moreMan held for bashing Russian tourist’s head in Chonburi
CHONBURI police have arrested a Thai man on the charges of hitting and wounding a Russian woman tourist on the head and dragging into a forest at a reservoir while she was jogging on Thursday night, Naewna newspaper said this evening (May 20). Ms. Elena Yzulkova, 38, came out from Map Prachan Reservoir forest soaking
Read moreMan held for slashing 2 women at downtown shopping mall
A MAN who appeared to be in a state of frenzy was arrested this afternoon (Apr. 19) soon after slashing two women at a shopping mall in Ratchaprasong area of the city, Sanook.com said. The slashings with a cutter occurred outside a boutique on the second floor of the store with the two women
Read morePrayut: Same group hurled ping-pong bombs at army barracks
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha said this afternoon (Apr. 12) after attending the Cabinet meeting that it is the same group of people who threw two ping-pongs across the gate of the First Infantry Regiment on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road where his residence is located on Sunday night with suspects already in sight, Matichon newspaper said. He
Read morePolice looking for clues over token bomb attack outside First Infantry Regiment
By Thai Newsroom Reporters POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR clues over Sunday’s token attack with ping-pong bombs outside a major Bangkok army barracks which locates Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s home. National Security Council secretary-general Supot Malaniyom said the police were collecting pieces of evidence and making inquiries with witnesses pertaining to the event in which two
Read moreChinese woman slashes hotelier at Chiang Mai police station
THERE was panic at Chang Phueak police station in Chiang Mai today (Feb.19) when a Chinese woman suddenly drew a knife and slashed a hotelier on his left forearm three times in a row over room rent, Sanook.com said. The attack occurred in front Pol. Lt. Col. Khanong Kunarup, the investigating officer, who was
Read moreNYC man charged in brutal mugging of Thai model has extensive arrest record
By Tamar Lapin, Joe Marino and Melissa Klein, New York Post A NEW YORK CITY man has been busted for the horrifying November attack on an aspiring Thai model on a Herald Square subway platform, police said on Saturday. Kevin Douglas, 40, was charged on Thursday with second-degree robbery, third-degree robbery and second-degree assault,
Read moreEx-boyfriend bashes up new partner, drags woman away
A COUPLE driving down a road in Samrong area of Samut Prakan province were attacked this afternoon (Jan. 10) by the woman’s ex-boyfriend who had followed them with his three friends and attacked them when they had stopped at the red light, Sanook.com said this evening. Upon being alerted of the attack at around
Read moreRescuer punched up in territorial conflict on New Year’s Eve
A RESCUER from Ruamkatanyu Foundation filed a complaint with police in Prachin Buri province today (Jan. 2) that he had been attacked by rescuers from another foundation who were angry over him having brought a woman badly injured in an accident to hospital from an area they claimed to be their territory, Matichon newspaper
Read moreMan dressed as Joker terrorises Tokyo train
By Reuters staff, published by The Denver Gazette Tokyo (Reuters) – A 24-year-old man dressed in Batman’s Joker costume attacked passengers on a Tokyo train line on Sunday evening, injuring about 10 people as many party-goers headed into the city centre for Halloween gatherings, media reported. Police arrested the suspected attacker on the spot, media
Read moreTeenagers held in Squid Game copycat attack on Chiang Mai resident
CHIANG MAI police arrested two teengagers who are members of the Caesar gang for attacking a resident at night in imitation of the survival thriller Squid Game that is a smash hit on Netflix, Amarin TV said today (Oct. 12). Pol. Lt. Gen. Piya Tawichai, head of Provincial Police Region 5, and Pol. Maj. Gen.
Read moreHunt for foreigner after masseuse gets in seriously injured in attack
KHON KAEN police are hunting for an unidentified foreign man who is a suspect in the attack on a masseuse at a Thai massage parlour in Mueang district that left her seriously injured, TV Channel 7 said today (Oct. 1). Pol. Col. Preecha Kengsarikit, the superintendent of Muaeng Khon Kaen police station, said the
Read moreAfghanistan: US says drone strike killed IS-K planner
By BBC THE US military says it believes it has killed a planner for the Afghan branch of the Islamic State group in a drone strike in the east of the country. The suspected member of the IS-K group was targeted in Nangarhar province. IS-K said it had carried out an attack outside Kabul airport
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