Capt Suporn Muangkhai from Thalang Police received a call at 3:24 yesterday where it was stated that a man had been killed in front of the Panan Karaoke in Moo 4 Thepkassattri, Baan Don.
Police arrived at the scene with Kusoldharm rescue workers to find the body 35-year-old Chaiyuth Insathon lying in the pool of blood near a bamboo sala.
Also at the scene was 27-year-old Rachen Rakpong who had suffered a slash wound to his right wrist. He was taken to Thalang Hospital after receiving first aid treatment.
A waitress who witnessed the incident, 20-year-old Ms Ladawan Raksa, told police that at 3:30am she was talking to a group of four men in the bar when Mr Chaiyuth and Mr Rachen came by on a motorbike.
The driver of the bike, Mr Chaiyuth, began to rev the engine which annoyed the group of four men. One man from the group asked him Mr Chaiyuth what he was doing, so he turned off the engine, dismounted the bike and a threw a punch at the group.
A fight then broke out and one man from the group ran to a pickup and got a knife which he used to slash Mr Chaiyuth across his neck. He then attacked Mr Rachen.
The group then drove away in their truck with one member shouting “I am an Udon native.”
Police across the island have been alerted of the incident and are now hunting for the group.