The key facts

  • The incident occurred at around four in the morning on November 7 in Pattaya
  • According to Mash, the apartment owner died at the scene, and his son is in a coma
  • The Russian is charged with unlawful entry into someone else's home and attempted murder; the trial is scheduled for November 8

What happened in Pattaya

In the early morning of November 7, at around four o'clock, a 30-year-old Moscow resident named Andrei illegally broke into a condominium in Pattaya and began running naked along the balcony railing. At some point he lost his balance and fell onto the street. The incident was reported by Mash, with details provided by Gazeta.Ru and Life.ru.

Attack on the property owner and his son

Alerted by the noise, the apartment owner came out with a shovel and tried to drive the intruder away. According to the preliminary version, the Russian grabbed the tool and struck the man on the head. Gazeta.Ru reports that the property owner died at the scene, after which the tourist began beating his son. Life.ru describes the outcome differently: the injured owner was taken to hospital with a severe traumatic brain injury and remains in a coma, with doctors assessing the prognosis as extremely unfavorable. Thus, the outlets differ on the fate of the apartment owner himself — whether he died at the scene or was hospitalized — while agreeing that the victim's son was hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury and is in a coma. According to that outlet, the arriving police officers gave the injured man first aid, including artificial respiration.

Detention and trial

The attacker was detained and taken to a police station. During questioning, he stated that he did not remember the events of the previous night. He is reportedly charged with unlawful entry into someone else's home and attempted murder; the court hearing was scheduled for November 8. What happened at the hearing and what the exact charges are, the sources did not specify at the time of publication.

Context

This is not the only recent incident involving Russians in Thailand. It was previously reported that a Russian was taken to a police station over inappropriate behavior at a Thai hotel. In addition, Life.ru reported on an attack by a local resident on a Russian tourist in Phuket: after the 25-year-old Russian honked at the driver of a pickup truck that had abruptly cut in front of his car, the man got out with a metal rod, smashed the window of the Mercedes, and inflicted injuries to the tourist's arm and leg; police began gathering evidence to obtain arrest warrants.