Young Frenchman stabbed to death at Bangkok guesthouse

[Wilsonandson]

Khaosod English
By
Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter -

May 3, 2018 11:27 am



Photo: Flapping Duck Guesthouse / Facebook

BANGKOK — A Frenchman was wounded fatally early Thursday morning after attempting to stop a fight at a guesthouse in Phra Nakhon area.

Police were alerted at about 2:30am to the death of a 24-year-old man who had been stabbed by a man identified only as Pae at the two-story Flapping Duck guesthouse near Pom Phra Sumen.

Pae used a knife to stab the Frenchman on the left side of his torso after he allegedly attempted to stop a fight between him and another French national, according to Capt. Kanya Premta of Chana Songkram Police. The deceased man’s friend, Malinee Promnad, told police the Frenchmen started drinking Wednesday night at the guesthouse bar before Pae joined them.


Pae ran away after the incident before being arrested at Phra Atit Road. He is being questioned at Chana Songkhram police station.

Khaosod English is withholding the name of the deceased until his family can be notified.

Young Frenchman Stabbed to Death at Bangkok Guesthouse

[Wilsonandson]

Google Translated.


Frenchman is killed while trying to stop a fight

May 3, 2018

Bangkok . A young Frenchman who wanted to prevent a brawl between a drunken Thai and another Frenchman on Wednesday night in the bamboo bar of a guesthouse, was himself stabbed by the Thai, reports the Thai News Agency in its issue.

When the police and rescue workers arrived at the guest house behind Phra Sumen Fort on Phra Arthit Street, the volunteer paramedics were only able to confirm the death of the young Frenchman. The victim was identified by police as the French citizen Leo Alexander. He was later taken to a nearby hospital for an autopsy.

Eyewitnesses told the police that the Thai man, known only as Pae, had celebrated and drank with his girlfriend from early morning until midnight in the bamboo bar of the guest house.

Sometime around midnight, Thai wanted to relieve himself and instead went to the restroom to a nearby canal. Here he began to urinate. Another Frenchman, who had also celebrated in the bamboo bar and was identified only as Mr. S., happened to pass by and saw the Thai urinate. He turned to the Thai and tried to explain that this was inappropriate behavior.

This led to a dispute between the two, which also noticed the guests in the bamboo bar. Mr. Alexander then got up and went to the two thugs to stop the dispute. Pae then took a few steps to the side and suddenly had a knife in hand, the eyewitnesses told the investigators on site.

According to the further information, he should have stabbed Mr. Alexander without further words simply in the chest. The Frenchman then collapsed on the spot and remained lying on the ground.

The Thai tried to escape and was later found and arrested by police from the Chana Songkram Police Station.
He is now waiting for his indictment and his court date

Franzose wird bei dem Versuch eine Schlägerei zu stoppen getötet - ThailandTIP

[Wilsonandson]

[happynz]

If Leo had had duct tape he might have survived.

[david44]

Stick to Chang

[VocalNeal]

I always carry a roll

[Wilsonandson]

update
Urinating tattoo artist charged with killing Frenchman

Bangkok Post
3 May 2018 at 17:02
WRITER: ONLINE REPORTERS



A tourist police officer shows a chart outlining the fatal stabbing of 23-year-old French tourist Leo Alexandre Achille Le Gratiet, who intervened in a brawl between Seree "Pae" Rodkiang and another Frenchman in Bangkok early on Thursday. (Photo taken from @1155TPB (Tourist Police Bureau) Facebook page.)

A tattoo artist has been arrested and charged with killing a French tourist who intervened in a brawl between the urinating suspect and another Frenchman in Bangkok early on Thursday.

The French victim's name was initially withheld pending notification of relatives, but he was later identified by a police spokesman as Leo Alexandre Achille Le Gratiet, 23.

He was stabbed in his left chest about 3am in front of Flapping Duck guesthouse on Lamphu Road in Sam Sen Nai area of Phra Nakhon district, according to Pol Lt Kanya Premtha, deputy investigation chief at Chana Songkhram police station.

A woman who witnessed the attack, Maninee Promnat, 30, told police called to the scene that she knew the slain tourist, who stayed at the guesthouse.

She and her friends were drinking in the Black Coral Bar at the front of the guesthouse. A man identified only as Pae and his friends came into the bar and they sat at a table next to hers. After the bar closed, she remained there, and then heard a loud altercation nearby. She saw Mr Pae quarrelling with a Frenchman on a bridge over Bang Lamphu canal.

She and other people went to separate the two men, hoping to end the quarrel. Mr Pae left, but returned shortly after carrying a knife and walked towards the Frenchman.

Le Gratiet was reading in front of the guesthouse. He ran over to intervene, and chaos erupted, she said. He received a severe stab wound and collapsed to the ground. Mr Pae fled. Guesthouse owner Eskimo Meenin, 35, said Le Gratiet had been staying there for five days. He was a former exchange student, loved Thailand and was a regular visitor to the country. Mr Pae was a Thai tattoo artist who had just returned from abroad. He regularly travelled between Thailand and Switzerland.

The Frenchman apparently saw Mr Pae urinating into Bang Lamphu canal from the bridge and told him should not do that, sparking the quarrel that led to the fatal stabbing of Le Gratiet. Mr Pae fled towards Phra Arthit Road, but was later apprehended by police at Bella Bella Riverview apartment in Phra Nakhon district.

The suspect was taken to Chana Songkhram police station for interrogation and legal action. He allegedly confessed to the charge, according to the Tourist Police Bureau’s Facebook page. He was fully identified as Seree "Pae" Rodkiang, 35, of Nakhon Sawan. He had no prior criminal record.

https://WWW.BANGKOKPOST.COM/NEWS/GENERAL/1457405/

[GracelessFawn]

24 is much too young to die. RIP.

Some monkeys desperately need a crash course on anger management.

[HuangLao]

Stick to Chang

If one doesn't mind lau infused "beer".
Chang Export would be the preferred choice.

[crackerjack101]

If one doesn't mind lau infused "beer".
Chang Export would be the preferred choice.

Very sympathetic, Jeff.

Well done.

FOJ.

[VocalNeal]

Some monkeys desperately need a crash course on anger management.

Some French Backpackers need to be less involved with where others urinate. That was the catalyst.

[GracelessFawn]

Some French Backpackers need to be less involved with where others urinate. That was the catalyst.

Yeah. Let them whip it out and urinate whereever and whenever.

[harrybarracuda]

Another primate with no higher brain function.

[Farang Ky Ay]

Yep urinating from a bridge into a klong doesn't deserve intervention, nor comment... It's quite away from others (excepting passerbys)...it's not as if the guy was urinating on the terrace of the bar where they were drinking.
The guy came back with a knife, it's premeditated

[hallelujah]

She and other people went to separate the two men, hoping to end the quarrel. Mr Pae left, but returned shortly after carrying a knife and walked towards the Frenchman.

Le Gratiet was reading in front of the guesthouse. He ran over to intervene, and chaos erupted, she said. He received a severe stab wound and collapsed to the ground. Mr Pae fled.

They really can be cowardly, brainless shithouses, can't they?

[DJ Pat]

Mr. S., happened to pass by and saw the Thai urinate. He turned to the Thai and tried to explain that this was inappropriate behavior.

Mr. S is a f*cking arsehole which is normal for most French


And I've already expected the next question....

But Pat, are you saying he deserved to get stabbed?

No, I didn't say that. Read the post.

[david44]

Eskimo Meenin,

cool name

[VocalNeal]

Yeah. Let them whip it out and urinate whereever and whenever.

As a guy. The world is my urinal. But yes discretion does come into play.

[Latindancer]

A tourist police officer shows a chart outlining the fatal stabbing

A chart ??? Is this usual practice in Thailand ?

[Dasher]

Yeah. Let them whip it out and urinate whereever and whenever.

It's called minding your own business. Backpackers aren't cops. Lecturing drunks on principles at midnight won't achieve anything positive.

[Davis Knowlton]

See the guesthouse has the traditional Che photo on the wall................

[GracelessFawn]

As a guy. The world is my urinal. But yes discretion does come into play.

If that statement is true, we should just abolish male restrooms to save space.

[Fluke]

If that statement is true, we should just abolish male restrooms to save space.

You want to abolish every male restroom in the whole World , just because Neal pisses anywhere !!!!!!!!!!

[DJ Pat]

Is the crowdfunding page up and running yet?

[GracelessFawn]

You want to abolish every male restroom in the whole World , just because Neal pisses anywhere !!!!!!!!!!

Those are exactly your words, not mine.