According to a report filed with the Thalang Police Station, the incident occurred last Thursday (June 13), with the report signed as received at 11:49pm.
Natthakorn Kantaphong, a resident of Cherng Talay, reported that he went to sit at the Saphan Hin gymnasium with friends when saw Kandit ‘D-Mac’ Srimuang, a rival, waiting for him.
Natthakorn called a friend to pick him up and had a friend bring a motorbike, which was handed over to him in front of the Limelight shopping mall in Phuket Town.
Later, Natthakorn was riding his motorbike northbound on Thepkrasattri Rd, and when he and his friends reached the Heroines Monument, they encountered D-Mac’s group, which Natthakorn said had been waiting to ambush them.
There were “six to eight” people in D-Mac’s group, together on about three motorbikes, said the report.
A knife was used to slash at Natthakorn, but Natthakorn and his group managed to flee.
CCTV footage from Srisoonthorn Municipality showed the ambush in action at the Heroines Monument. The assailants can be seen riding around the monument in the wrong direction in order to ram into then attack their victims. Other traffic drove past as the attack was carried out.
The report noted that the ambush occurred at 10:57pm.
However, separate CCTV footage at another location, time stamped 9:12pm June 13, showed a collision between two motorbikes near shops where motorbikes can be seen speeding through in succession.
After the collision, which appeared to be near head-on, the people involved in the collision were out of view but shouting could be heard.
The footage showed a man not wearing a shirt approach the crash site. The man kept his distance, but could be heard shouting at the youths.
Natthakorn said in his report “his parnet/s” had come to intervene before he could be seriously injured.
Natthakorn suffered minor abrasions from hitting the ground in the collision, as evidenced by police photos.
Photos released by Thalang Police also showed at least four youths brought in for questioning.
So far Thalang Police have not confirmed any charges over the incident.