We all know that riding a motorcycle in Pattaya is not conduce to leading a long life. Just try taking the engine away and calling it a bicycle. A health promoting exercise to get those blood vessels pumping. Well it was not so healthy for an American tourist riding his bicycle in Central Pattaya when he had an altercation with a Thai motorcyclist and found that red stuff pumping outside his chest rather than inside is not so healthy.
Police were called to Soi Xcyte just off Second Road in Central Pattaya where they found that a Mr. Daniel O’Neill had already been transported to Banglamung Hospital. Some officers went immediately to the emergency room at the hospital while others remained on scene to try to find out what happened. They were able to get a brief statement from Mr. O'Niell as doctors worked to treat some serious slash wounds and stem the profuse bleeding.
From this interview and witness statements it seems that Mr. O'Niell was subjected to a frenzied knife attack by a motorcyclist after a minor road accident. The attacker was a Khun Prasit aged 29 works as a part-time masseur and a full-time butcher. Khun Prasit of course had left the scene and was soon tracked down and returned to Soi Xcyte to explain what had occurred.
He confessed to the attack and said that the foreigner had caused the accident and then mouthed off at him so he decided to get his butcher's knife out and teach him a lesson. He had left the scene and later relatives called him on the phone and persuaded him to give himself up to the police.
