Someone posted this news site from a city in thailand
http://www.pattayaone.net
they have great news articles. I love the writing , it reminds me of a college newspaper.
heres a few of the funnier ones i noticed.
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Motorbike Thieves Shot Attempting to Steal Again.
http://www.pattayaone.net/news_20_08_51_3.html
Two young Thai men found out a gun is mightier than a claw hammer and a knife when they were caught in the act of attempting to steal a motorbike in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Police from Banglamung, accompanied by Sawang Boriboon rescue services, were called to the scene of a shooting in a street off Soi Chaiyapreuk 2 in Huay Yai sub-district just after 3:00am. At the site they saw a dead Thai male, later identified as an 18 year old, lying in the road. In his right hand the deceased was clutching a knife. The youth had been shot through his chest at close range.
Waiting to talk with the police was a 42-year-old Thai male who told officers he owned a number of properties in the soi. He had been woken by one of his tenants who said his motorbike had been stolen. The landlord armed himself and then went on a tour of the street. He was a little surprised when two men on a motorbike came into the street, stopped, dismounted, and started walking to another motorbike and began removing its licence plate.
The landlord shouted at them, but he claims the pair advanced towards him, one armed with a knife and the other with a hammer. The landlord figured they weren?t going to discuss the merits of the novel Crime and Punishment and fired one shot in the air. The pair continued to advance and the landlord told officers he had no choice but to shoot them. He killed one man outright and the second, aged 21, was wounded in the knee but managed to escape. He was later found being treated at a nearby hospital and has been arrested.
Police are investigating further and may either bring charges against the landlord or award him a medal.
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http://www.pattayaone.net/news_12_08_51_4.html
Crazed American wrecks his Hotel Room and harms himself following break-up with girlfriend.
Just after 10am on Tuesday, Police and Rescue Workers were called to a 6th floor apartment at the Ratagit Mansions in Central Pattaya following reports of a crazed foreigner who was harming himself. Police arrived first and managed to calm down Mr. Mark Amerson aged 32 from USA. His room showed signs of a major disturbance and many of the walls were blood stained. Following treatment at the scene by rescue workers, Mr. Amerson explained that he was angry and depressed following a break-up with his Thai Girlfriend earlier on Tuesday and he proceeded to wreck his room and then used a knife to harm himself. Mr. Amerson is now receiving American Consular Assistance and his mental state is currently being assessed by Doctors.
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