Thread: Man Fatally Impales Himself on Temple’s Buddha Statue in Meth-Fueled Rampage: Report

A man’s drug-fueled rampage in a temple in Thailand ended last month when he was fatally impaled by the spiked head of a Buddha statue, according to a report. The deceased, referred to as 49-year-old Ek, was found dead inside the temple’s main hall in the eastern Chon Buri province on Feb. 27, Thaiger reports. Residents said Ek had been staying at the temple with his friend Best, a monk, for several days before the incident, the outlet claims. On the morning of his death, Ek allegedly consumed methamphetamine, with Best before attacking him with a fluorescent tube before going into the temple to destroy its statues. Police later found Ek dead in a pool of blood inside the building’s main hall, with the Buddha statue piercing his chest. Local authorities suspect that Ek had climbed on the biggest statue in the room and then slipped, falling onto the smaller statue’s pointed top, Thaiger reports.

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The deceased, referred to as 49-year-old Ek, was found dead inside the temple’s main hall in the eastern Chon Buri province on Feb. 27,

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Police waited outside for safety reasons, suspecting Ek might have a weapon in his hands. They called Ek and told him to surrender to the police but, as there was no response, they decided to break down the door and enter.

To their shock, they saw Ek lying dead in a pool of blood. A statue of Buddha was lying on Ek’s chest and the sharp head of the statue was piercing his chest. A video of the operation showed police and locals shouting and screaming at the shocking incident.

Police suspect that Ek was trying to climb on top of the largest statue in the main hall to destroy it. However, he accidentally slipped off the large statue and fell onto the pointed head of a smaller statue. The head pierced Ek’s heart and lungs, killing him.
The monk, Best, confessed to the police that he took Yaba with his friend Ek and agreed to leave the monkhood for his misconduct.
Best explained that Ek took the drug and attacked him in the morning by hitting his arm with a fluorescent tube. He ran away from his accommodation to seek help from other monks, while Ek ran into the main hall and began destroying statues.