Spicy showdown: Thai eatery saviour gives yakuza gang a taste of justice in Japan

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Police arrested a Thai man working at a Thai restaurant in Japan after he killed one and injured two Japanese yakuza gang members while saving his Thai friend from a brutal attack.

According to a local news agency, the incident took place outside a Thai restaurant in the city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, at around 7.40pm on November 2. Two Japanese men were stabbed in the stomach and back, while another was stabbed in the chest and later died in hospital.

Witnesses said that five Japanese men, reportedly Yakuza members, were drunk. They approached the restaurant and kicked all the bicycles parked outside. A Thai man who worked at the restaurant went out to tidy up the bikes.

Without warning, the yakuza group attacked the Thai man, who fled the scene to avoid being assaulted even more. His Thai friend, 53 year old Rungroj, went out of…