Mad Buriram Man Mutilates Himself With Knife

October 10, 2012

An apparently mentally-ill Buriram man cut up his body and penis while alone in a rented room. His girlfriend said the man had developed a mysterious neurosis during a 2-year work contract in Korea. He was sent back home to Thailand, and has acted strangely ever since.

PATTAYA – October 10, 2012 [PDN]: at 2 a.m., a report of a man cutting himself with a knife was received by the rescue radio center of Sawangboribul Pattaya foundation, Chonburi province.

The incident occurred in a rented room at Baan Pornthip, address 229/28 Soi Thepprasit 13 Moo 12 Tambon Nong Preu, Amphur Banglamung, Chonburi province.

At the scene, rescuers found the injured Thai man with knife wounds all over his body. The most serious wounds were to his right thumb and forefinger and his sexual organ. Rescue officers performed first aid before sending the man to Banglamung hospital, where he was accompanied by his girlfriend who watched over him closely.

The man was identified as Mr. Anucha Somkanae, age 29, from Buriram province. Police inspected the room and found many pools of blood. They also found the knife, and a blood-stained chopping block placed in the middle of the room.

Police questioned the owner of the rental room, Mrs. Phan Kaebaanphraew. She said that prior to the incident, Mr. Anucha’s girlfriend had come back from work, and called out for her boyfriend to open the door. But he didn’t respond, so she asked Mrs. Phan for the spare key to open the room.

But when she used the spare key to open the door, she found that the door was also locked from inside. So she knocked loudly on the door to call to her boyfriend. Then Mr. Anucha finally walked to open the door, and there was blood all over his body. His shocked girlfriend then asked for assistance from the neighbors.

Mrs. Phan said that Mr. Anucha had stayed with his girlfriend for a long time, and as a tenant, he was so nice and tidy. But after Mr. Anucha had contracted to work in Korea for 2 years as an industrial technician, he was sent back home before the end of his contract term. She did not know why he was sent back early.

After he returned from Korea, his landlady noticed that Mr. Anucha acted very strangely, and seemed mentally imbalanced. His girlfriend took him to be blessed with holy water, but he did not get better, and he finally cut himself.

Mr. Anucha’s friend also said that Mr. Anucha had become sick with neurosis in Korea, so he was sent back to Thailand prior to the end of the contract.