A man in the northeastern province of Buriram is recovering today after his wife reportedly stabbed him in the genitals with a fishing harpoon.
Identified only as Boonchoey, 43, the man required 17 stitches after a row gave led to his testicular lancing – at least in his version of events – which he said today he won’t press charges over.
It all began last night when the couple’s dispute over mundane domestic issues escalated into domestic violence.
Booncheoy’s account of the incident tells a gruesome tale. He says he fled his wrathful wife to his mother’s nearby home, where, he told reporters, his angry spouse used a harpoon to stab him “like a fish.” (He said they keep the harpoon to, well, stab fish.)
The 45-year-old sugar cane farmer fled by motorcycle to his mother’s house, where he didn’t think much of his injuries and fell asleep….
