An otherwise quiet alleyway in Pattaya erupted in violence at around 2.30am today when an eruption of animosity between rival motorbike taxi groups led to a serious altercation.
The stand-off which unfolded nearby a popular tourist spot, Central Mall, and within a stone’s throw of the Pattaya Police Station, involved traditional orange-vested motorbike taxi riders, known as Win, and ride-sharing riders from the Bolt app, leaving four of the latter group nursing grave injuries, including one with a nearly severed finger.
Pattaya Police were alerted to the brawl, which lurked at the entrance to Soi 9 on Pattaya Second Road in the bustling Banglamung district. Upon arrival at the scene, they were met with a scattering of broken glass bottles and fresh bloodstains but no sign of the perpetrators themselves. However, nearby security camera footage…
