News Forum - One injured during dawn gunfight near Chon Buri’s Bang Saray Beach

[Thaiger]

Several residents had been jolted from their beds by the sound of multiple gunshots in Sattahip’s Bang Saray sub-district in Chon Buri when two teenagers reportedly clashed in a gunfight near the beach at dawn on Tuesday, injuring one. More than 10 gunshots have been reported to Sattahip police in front of a resort on Jantasaroe Road where bullet cartridges were scattered. CCTV footage from a nearby general store led officers to identify a teenage suspect who fled in a car after firing a weapon at a second victim and escaping. The Pattaya News reported that the suspect is familiar […]

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[Jason]

Amazing Thailand! This really makes you want to holiday there....

[Vince]

10 hours ago, Jason said:

Amazing Thailand! This really makes you want to holiday there....

I wish the number of shootings in my city/county/state/country made the news. 

Unless it's unusual, or the victim is a politician (as happened recently), or a celebrity(as happened recently), or involved some tragic random victim (as happened recently), there's no story. 

Two teens beefing over a girl, and one getting shot in the leg wouldn't even make the news here. Seriously. 

Thailand isn't Tokyo, but even Tokyo has random shootings (and knifings, etc).