Fight between vocational students rages for 10 minutes; guns and knives used.
DailyXpress/Asia News Network 11 February 2009
Some 100 vocational school students brawled during evening rush hour in front of Maboonkrong Shopping Complex in Bangkok’s Pathumwan district, yesterday, scattering shocked shoppers.
The fight broke out only days after a truce ceremony on January 28, when students from the two schools shook hands and exchanged flowers.
Shattering glass
Bystanders reported hearing gunshots as the door glass of the mall shattered during the battle between some 100 students, half from the Rachamangala University of Technology Tawan-Ok’s Utaintawai Campus, half from the Pathumwan Institute of Technology. Police officers arrested three Uthentawai students and confiscated a .32 pistol and several knives.
Police overwhelmed
The fight reportedly broke out when a group of Pathumwan students scuffling with Uthentawai students near the Pathumwan Intersection called for reinforcements.
At this point the outnumbered Uthentawai students retreated into their school. Two traffic policemen at the intersection’s booth tried to stop the initial fight but had to back off after the strengthened gang of Pathumwan students surrounded them.
Taunts and fury
Taunted by their opponents outside, some 50 Uthentawai students burst out of their school, and the battle began in earnest in front of the Pathumwan Princess Hotel and shopping plaza at around 4pm. It lasted for about 10 minutes, with stones and knives used and students reportedly shooting guns into the sky before police arrived and dispersed them.
The shopping mall closed its doors for the safety of customers but rocks shattered a section of the third entrance’s glass door while two cars parked near the scene were also damaged. Pathumwan Police superintendent Colonel Paisal Leusomboon said police were looking at security camera footage in an effort to bring the culprits to justice. He added that teachers of the two schools would meet today to discuss the student brawls.
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Fight between vocational students rages for 10 minutes; guns and knives used.
DailyXpress/Asia News Network
11 February 2009
Some 100 vocational school students brawled during evening rush hour in front of Maboonkrong Shopping Complex in Bangkok’s Pathumwan district, yesterday, scattering shocked shoppers.
The fight broke out only days after a truce ceremony on January 28, when students from the two schools shook hands and exchanged flowers.
Shattering glass
Bystanders reported hearing gunshots as the door glass of the mall shattered during the battle between some 100 students, half from the Rachamangala University of Technology Tawan-Ok’s Utaintawai Campus, half from the Pathumwan Institute of Technology. Police officers arrested three Uthentawai students and confiscated a .32 pistol and several knives.
Police overwhelmed
The fight reportedly broke out when a group of Pathumwan students scuffling with Uthentawai students near the Pathumwan Intersection called for reinforcements.
At this point the outnumbered Uthentawai students retreated into their school. Two traffic policemen at the intersection’s booth tried to stop the initial fight but had to back off after the strengthened gang of Pathumwan students surrounded them.
Taunts and fury
Taunted by their opponents outside, some 50 Uthentawai students burst out of their school, and the battle began in earnest in front of the Pathumwan Princess Hotel and shopping plaza at around 4pm. It lasted for about 10 minutes, with stones and knives used and students reportedly shooting guns into the sky before police arrived and dispersed them.
The shopping mall closed its doors for the safety of customers but rocks shattered a section of the third entrance’s glass door while two cars parked near the scene were also damaged. Pathumwan Police superintendent Colonel Paisal Leusomboon said police were looking at security camera footage in an effort to bring the culprits to justice. He added that teachers of the two schools would meet today to discuss the student brawls.
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