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Police arrest attacker on elderly British couple and their son in Thailand
friday 29 Apr 2016 11:07 am
Police in Thailand confirmed they have made several arrests following the showing attack on a British family in Hua Hin.
Elderly British couple and son beaten unconscious in Thai resort attack
In a press conference, Police Col. Chaiyakorn Sriladecho said: ‘We have now arrested all four suspects.’
He identified the suspects as in their 20s and 30s. Sriladecho added: ‘The men say they are sorry and that they wouldn’t have done this if they weren’t drunk.’
A video of the attack has provoked shock and outrage over its brutality and the ages of the victims, a 65-year-old woman and 68-year-old man from Scotland and their 43-year-old son.
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| Thai police hold a press conference (Picture: TNA) |
Both men suffered blows to the face and body and when the woman, who was initially knocked flat by a punch, sits up, one attacker delivers a kick to her head.
All three victims required hospital treatment following the savage attack – and a passer-by who attempted to break up the fight was also hurt, though not seriously.
A contributor to the Hua Hin net forum stated they had rushed to the help the circle of relatives who they regarded from a close-by bar.
As revellers had been leaving for the night time organizations of Thai youths had amassed on the road. The witness wrote wrote: ‘within 20-30 metres of leaving the bar the Thais had been punching the sixty five-year-old girl inside the face! The elderly gentleman turned into down at the floor and their son became crushed very badly!
‘At this factor I caught as much as the scene and driven one of the youths faraway from the girl. I were given critically punched and kicked for my troubles, but felt the need to guard this frail lady.
‘The 3 of them are still hospitalised and i will need cosmetic dental work finished.’
in line with the account, ‘gangs of Thai youths were priming themselves to begin punching Westerners’ inside the location earlier than the attack.
As revellers had been leaving for the night time organizations of Thai youths had amassed on the road. The witness wrote wrote: ‘within 20-30 metres of leaving the bar the Thais had been punching the sixty five-year-old girl inside the face! The elderly gentleman turned into down at the floor and their son became crushed very badly!
‘At this factor I caught as much as the scene and driven one of the youths faraway from the girl. I were given critically punched and kicked for my troubles, but felt the need to guard this frail lady.
‘The 3 of them are still hospitalised and i will need cosmetic dental work finished.’
in line with the account, ‘gangs of Thai youths were priming themselves to begin punching Westerners’ inside the location earlier than the attack.
Source : Nicole Morley for Metro.co.uk
