Homeless Man Throws Concrete Block and Injures Chinese Tourist in Pattaya

A female Chinese tourist was injured in South Pattaya after a homeless man threw a concrete block at her on the night of November 23rd, 2024.


At 9:26 PM, the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Rescue Center received a report of a tourist being injured by a homeless man in front of a hotel in the Bali Hai area of South Pattaya. Rescue officials coordinated with Pattaya police to investigate the scene.


There, officers found the victim, Ms. Lianghizi Lyu, a 21-year-old Chinese national. She had sustained a minor scrape on her left leg caused by the rock. Rescue workers provided her with first aid before taking her to a local hospital. The perpetrator appeared to be a homeless man, who was seen holding a concrete block as if to throw it at passersby, at the scene.

A Bolt driver who assisted the tourist told police that he had been transporting the Chinese tourist when he noticed the homeless man acting suspiciously. To avoid him, the driver tried to drive away from him, but the man hurled a concrete block at the tourist, causing a minor injury. After the incident, the driver contacted rescue services and the police.




Police approached the suspect, later identified only as 41-year-old Mr. Somchai. He appeared heavily intoxicated and incoherent.


The man admitted to using cannabis and consuming beer and claimed he threw rocks at the tourist because he believed the tourist had hired someone to kill his parents. However, authorities doubted his statement due to his intoxication and took him to a police station to calm down and proceed with legal action.

Homeless Man Throws Concrete Block and Injures Chinese Tourist in Pattaya - The Pattaya News