Knife Attack in Bangkok - Canadian Citizen

Knife Attack On Canadian in Bangkok - Thai News

A Canadian expat was forced to flee for his life after a man brandishing a large kitchen knife carried out an unprovoked attack outside a coffee shop in the Ekkamai district of Bangkok. The terrifying incident took place last Wednesday (July 15) as Bangkok resident Blake Sibbitt was enjoying a coffee with his mother at the Coffee Club in Ekkamai.

Blake, who runs a real estate business, said the ordeal left him in total fear for his life and needing medical treatment at the scene.

“It was completely unprovoked. My mother and I were catching up on the business day (we run a real estate company together), when a Thai guy walked up from the sidewalk, speaking to me in Thai that I didn't understand.He grabbed my right arm with his left hand (me just curiously looking at him with the "what's happening?"/"I don't understand what you're saying" look) and with his right hand pulled a large kitchen knife out of his back pocket and immediately tried to plunge it into me. I dodged the first stab by standing up quickly. He pulled back and tried again while at the same time I tried to grab his hand with the knife and caught the blade across my thumb and palm, taking some chunks out of me but not sinking in. He then pulled back and jabbed again as my mom and I ran towards Ekkamai. Judee, my mother took refuge at the front door of the Coffee Club, I turned up Ekkamai with him still chasing me with the knife in his hand.'

Blake went onto explain how he yelled "get away, he has a knife" to a crowd of people waiting at a nearby bus stop.

“The crowd cleared when they saw him. The manager of the Coffee Club yelled at me to come inside. My mom was still standing in front of the door screaming, trying to draw attention.
We both went inside and a bunch of staff held the door closed while the guy with the knife tried to break the door with the knife and push his way in”.

 Blake added. Unable to do so, Blake says the attacker walked around to the windows and stabbed at them with the knife. He then saw another foreigner sitting by a window and walked over and punched that window.

The ordeal only ended when a group of motorcycle taxi drivers and security guards apprehended the man, putting him in handcuffs until the police arrived. The first of the emergency services on the scene were some medics who cleaned and dressed Blake’s injured hand. Shortly after, officers from Thonglor Police Station arrived and took the attacker into custody. Blake also went to the police station along with four witnesses: a Thai gentleman and his wife, a member of staff from the Coffee Club and Blake’s mother.
Once at the police station, Blake thought it would be a formality that the crazed knifeman would be charged for carrying out the attack. The attacker currently is being held with bail set at 30000thb.

Source: thaivisa

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