A BRIT vacationer is in hospital after being shot by a fuming gunman in a highway rage assault in Thailand.
The holidaymaker, from Dundee, was allegedly gunned down by a hashish vendor exterior a resort in Mae Hong Son province on Tuesday night.
The Brit is alleged to have practically crashed into Kitinan Pantarak, a 40-year-old native, earlier than sparking a heated row on the road.
The Thai man is alleged to have then pulled out a gun and sprayed the Brit down, injuring him within the arm.
In a wierd twist of fortune, the gunman then picked up the Brit and rushed him to hospital earlier than medics handled him urgently.
However the Thai man left the hospital earlier than cops arrived.
They raced to trace him down and ultimately arrested Kitinan at his dwelling.
Police mentioned that the Brit is now secure and out of hazard – however are probing the vacationer as he was overstaying within the nation.
Police Colonel Phasawin Kaewtai revealed the gunman has been remanded in custody.
The officer mentioned: “We acquired a report {that a} British man had been shot with a firearm and was injured.
“Officers and investigators went to the scene and located that the British man had already been taken to Pai Hospital.
“He had sustained an damage to his arm. He was staying at a rented room, not as a visitor on the Yoma Lodge.”
He added: “From safety digital camera footage, it was clear there was an altercation between the suspect and the vacationer.”
Police additionally revealed that the suspect claimed to have met the British man three weeks in the past.
He mentioned the vacationer really owed him over £50 for cash he had borrowed from his hashish store.
Kaewtai added: “The suspect mentioned that he had identified the British after promoting hashish to him.”
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