A young man who electrically shocked people and groped women at Songkran festivities in the Silom area was beaten to death on April 15, Matichon reported.
The case began when police from Bang Pong Pang Station found two apparently dead men lying near Bhumibol Bridge on Rama III Road in the Yannawa District of Bangkok. The victims were covered in blood and smelled strongly of alcohol. One man turned out to be alive though and had been playing dead, while the other man, about 20-years-old and identified only as Bang Sid, was dead.
Police later found another survivor of the beatings, 15-year-old Poomtham Somboonrod or “Han”, who told them his side of the story. Han said that he and seven others, including Bang Sid and Pongrapipat, were drinking earlier in Bang Na and then headed to the Songkran festivities in Silom.
Bang Sid brought an electroshock weapon to Silom and was going around asking groups of teenagers what school they attended – if they didn’t answer he would shock them. He was also groping women.
Bang Sid was angering many people in Silom so his friends decided they should leave, but they were chased and beaten by another group of teenagers. Some of them played dead to survive the beating.
Police found the weapons used to beat the men, numerous clubs and a peeling knife, at the scene. The 19-year-old survivor who was found at the scene, Mr. Pongrapipat Somboonrod or “Mos”, was severely beaten and was sent to Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital. Pongrapipat is a sophomore of Kasem Polytechnic College and the son of a a prison officer of Bang Pong Pang police station.
Bang Sid’s face was beaten so badly that it was unidentifiable.
