A heated dispute escalated into a knife attack last night, involving two men in the Bang Sao Thong district, Samut Prakan province, following a jest about a brand of cigarettes. The police arrived at the scene following the incident.
The instigator, identified only as 37 year old Tadphon, was found with a nearly 10-centimetre long knife wound to his head. Meanwhile, 41 year old Somchai, the man accused of the stabbing, was taken into custody by the local police, having suffered minor injuries to his left wrist. A 29 year old witness, identified as Rattanaphon, explained the situation to the police.
Rattanaphon stated that the disagreement originated from Tadphon’s uninvited mockery of Somchai’s choice of cigarettes while both were in a nearby shop. Somchai remained silent during the mockery, only expressing his disgruntlement when Tadphon made fun…
