A video that recently surfaced, showing a group of MiddleEastern tourists held at gunpoint in Pattaya, has been confirmed as a hoax by local police. Two Myanmar workers involved in the prank now face potential imprisonment. ## Arrests and Confiscation
Police in Pattaya are searching for a man caught on video holding a group of foreign tourists at gunpoint at the Sor Thor Ro 5 hill viewpoint. The 99second video shows the gunman, who appears to be of foreign descent, aged 2030 years, and about 170 centimeters tall, threatening around 20 men of MiddleEastern appearance. He ordered them to sit down next to each other while wielding a pistol.
A Russian tourist, identified as 33yearold Oleg Rusovsiannikov, was injured during an altercation with a group of guards at a gogo bar on Pattaya’s Walking Street. The incident occurred early on a Sunday in the Bang Lamung district’s tambon Nong Prue, and was reported to the Pattaya police at around 3:30 am.
An American tourist was discovered trapped in a stormwater drain in Pattaya, Thailand, on Tuesday night. A passerby heard his cries for help and alerted the Sawang Boriboon emergency center, who responded to the scene near Soi Thepprasit 8 in Moo 11 of tambon Nong Prue, Bang Lamung district around 7:30 pm.