Police hunt for cowardly thug who hit Thai girlfriend with gun on Pattaya Beach

Police are on the hunt for a cowardly thug who hit his Thai girlfriend on the head with a gun and fired a shot into the sky in the early hours of this morning on Pattaya Beach, 200 metres away from the Mueang Pattaya Police Station.

Officers from Mueang Pattaya Police Station and Sawang Borriboon Rescue rushed to Pattaya Beach at 4am today after being notified of the shooting. Upon arrival, they discovered a large crowd surrounding the victim, Porncharita Pragaisri. The 20 year old sustained injuries to her forehead and nose and had a broken ring finger on her right hand.

Friends of the victim informed the police that the suspect was Porncharita’s boyfriend. He approached them while they were sitting on the beach and loudly threatened them not to intervene while he spoke with Porncharita. The friends explained that no one dared get involved, so they…