8 Month Old Baby injured & Middle-Eastern man arrested in East Pattaya incident

[Pattaya One]

A Foreign Man, thought to be of middle-eastern origin, was arrested on Monday Night accused of damaging a car and injuring two passengers in the front seat, one of them being a child aged only 8 months old.

Police Colonel Somnook, the Banglamung Police Chief was called-in to oversee the initial investigation into the road incident which occurred in Soi Nern Plub Wan in East Pattaya just before 7pm. Police had arrested the foreign man who refused to give his name or nationality at the scene. He had attempted to escape the scene of the incident but was caught nearby.

Khun Nopawan aged 25 was driving her White Honda City and offered her version of events to Police which contradicted the version from the middle-eastern man, who is thought to be aged between 25 and 30.

Khun Nopawan, the daughter of the Iman, or Prayer Leader, at a Mosque located inside Soi Nern Plub Wan, claimed she was driving in a normal manner when she spotted the man in the road and slowed down and attempted to drive past him when he inexplicably threw a vinegar bottle through the front passenger window. Sitting in the passenger seat was the drivers Sister, Khun Golamat aged 22 who was holding Khun Noppawan’s baby. They were both injured by the shards of glass and taken to Hospital.

The foreign man claimed he was driving on his motorbike when he was cut-up by Khun Noppawan’s car and in a fit of rage threw the vinegar bottle, which he had just purchased from a nearby convenience store, at the vehicle.

Both parties were taken to Banglamung Police Station for further questioning and the Colonel confirmed the foreign man will face serious criminal charges over the incident. The case continues at the time of publication.

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