A Dutch tourist was killed when he slipped from the stairs of a moving Nam Tok train and fell on the tracks and ground over by its wheels. The grisly incident happened 4.00 pm today at Ban Pupong station in Sai Yok district of Kanchanburi on the Nam Tok-Thonburi train. Police identified the tourist as […]
MAE HONG SON — One of the two Russian men who were arrested for breaking into a temple in northern Thailand on Sunday stabbed a police officer while in custody yesterday, police say. The suspect, identified as Voge Vladimir (name transcribed from Thai text), was reportedly being led from his holding cell at Pai Police […]
MAE HONG SON — Two Russians have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a temple in northern Thailand and dressing as Buddhist monks, police in Mae Hong Son province say. Police received calls for help from the abbot of Wat Mae Yen temple in Pai district at around 7 am this morning. Read more: khaosodenglish.com
A Swiss man police believe was the person last seen with a brutally murdered sex worker from the Nana area was detained by immigration police in Ayutthaya today. Hato Mussi, 40 of Switzerland, is in the custody of Ayutthaya city police. Read more: coconuts.co
Phumjai Chaiya, a red-shirt network leader in Chiang Mai known as DJ Tom, died from his injuries after he crashed riding a big bike on a curve in Phrae province on Wednesday night. Pol Lt Col Sukiart Thuethong, investigator at Long district police station, said Phumjai, a leading member of the Rak Chiang Mai 51 […]
A pickup truck carrying hospital staff from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi skidded and overturned on a steep mountain slope in Sangkhla Buri district, killing one woman and injuring nine other people, including two boys. Read more: Bangkok Post
SAMUT SAKHON, Dec 2 – Samut Sakhorn’s industrial office will declare the area surrounding a palm oil factory that burned earlier today as a danger zone, while the estimated damage in the blaze amounts to Bt100 million. It took firefighters and emergency workers more than three hours to control the fire, which raged at the […]
KANCHANABURI, Nov 26 – A Greek diplomat was killed in a freak railway accident today when she fell from a moving train in Kanchanaburi province and was apparently dragged to her death. The victim was identified Aristea Liapi, an attache at the Greek Embassy in Bangkok. Read more: MCOT
