PHUKET, Thailand – A 28-year-old French tourist was rushed to Vachira Phuket Hospital after shooting himself in the head at Kathu Shooting Range on 28 September, with police now investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident. Belgian Man Shoots and Kills Himself at Public Shooting Range in Phuket The man, identified only as William, was found […]
PHUKET, Thailand – A teenage street performer who once sang for spare change at Phuket’s night markets came home Sunday to a hero’s welcome, days after capturing the world’s attention with a historic win on America’s Got Talent. Nene Royal, 16, born Rattikan Amloy, became the first Thai contestant ever to claim the Season 21 […]
PHUKET, Thailand – A 49-year-old woman has died after a 9mm pistol discharged inside a rented room in Phuket’s Koh Kaew area late on 24 September, with the officer who reported the incident telling investigators a round remained in the chamber when he racked the slide of his government-issued handgun before it fired, striking his […]
PHUKET, Thailand – Police in Phuket are investigating the unexplained death of a 63-year-old Swedish man who was found with bruising and wounds at a hotel in the Bang Tao area, with no official cause of death yet announced. Cherng Talay Police are examining his movements and condition in the days before he was hospitalised. […]
PHUKET, Thailand – A male foreign tourist has been arrested in Cherng Talay, Phuket, after police checking a complaint about loud music at a hotel found he had overstayed his permitted stay in Thailand. The man was taken into custody and transferred to investigators for legal proceedings under Thai law, with police not disclosing his […]
PHUKET, Thailand – Phuket police have recovered the body of a Moroccan tourist who was swept away while swimming at Karon Beach. Ezzakani Othmane, 25, was found on Kata Noi Beach at about 6am on 16 September, two days after he disappeared in the sea off Karon. Moroccan Man Arrested After Bar Bill Dispute in […]
PHUKET, Thailand – A Jewish New Year celebration in Phuket was cancelled at the last minute on Friday evening because of concerns raised by Israeli security officials, organisers said, as an estimated 500 people, most of them Muslims, gathered about 500 metres from the Chabad House in the Patong area for a rally organised by […]
PHUKET, Thailand – Police in Phuket are investigating the unexplained death of an American tourist found in a Patong hotel room on 7 September, after the man had not been seen for approximately five days and had missed his scheduled checkout by one day. The deceased, later identified by authorities as J. D. G., was […]
