PATTAYA — 2 April 2026, Cambodian construction worker was injured in a stabbing following a drunken altercation at a workers’ camp in Pattaya, with the suspect fleeing into nearby woodland, police said.
Police were alerted at 23:09 to a fight with injuries at a workers’ camp in Jomtien Sai Song Soi 7, Nong Prue, Bang Lamung district, Chonburi province.
Officers from Pattaya City Police, along with Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan rescue volunteers, arrived to find the scene at a two-storey corrugated metal workers’ shelter. Tables and liquor bottles were set out in front, indicating a gathering where workers had been drinking after work.
The injured man, identified only as Thong, 40, a Cambodian national, had sustained two stab wounds to the chest from a sharpened metal object. He was found lying in a pool of blood. Rescue workers administered first aid before rushing him to hospital.
The attacker, also reported to be a Cambodian worker from the same camp, fled into a wooded area in front of the site. Police launched a search but had not yet made an arrest.
A Thai worker who witnessed the incident, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the victim had been drinking with colleagues as usual when the suspect joined them. The two then became involved in a heated argument that escalated into a fight.
The suspect allegedly used a sharpened metal implement to stab the victim before fleeing.
Police said the pair had a prior history of conflict, and tensions resurfaced during the drinking session, leading to the attack.
Officers are continuing efforts to locate the suspect and pursue legal action.