Russian tased in violent assault at hotel in Kata
Karon Police have warned foreigners against drunken, chaotic behaviour after a Russian man was arrested for causing a disturbance at a hotel in Karon last week. The man punched and kicked the officers trying to calm him down.
Pol Lt Col Teerayut Suksanguan, Deputy Chief of the Karon Police, told reporters last Friday (Mar 29) that the warning follows an incident on Mar 26, in which an officer was forced to use a taser to take a Russian man into custody.
Pol Lt Col Teerayut was called to a hotel along the Karon beach road after receiving a report of two foreign men engaged in a physical fight, which was causing a disturbance to other guests at the hotel.
A video of the incident showed several men trying to calm the Russian man down. Instead, the Russian man punched the men, some of whom responded in kind.
Officers arrived to find Russian national Aleksandr Tolstov in a drunken state and “causing trouble”, which was annoying other people at the hotel distress through his “chaotic behaviour”, Lt Col Teerayut said.
The officers approached Tolstov and tried to calm him down. However, Tolstov rejected their plea and instead shouted at the officers and “used force to attack and fight and obstruct police officers from performing their duties”, Lt Col Teerayut noted.
A video of this incident showed Tolstov punching and kicking the officers trying to calm him down in front of the hotel.
Sgt Phisanu Singhara received minor injuries and bruises in the incident, Lt Col Teerayut noted last Friday.
Eventually the officers used a taser on Tolstov, which caused him to fall down and sustain minor injuries.
Tolstov was taken to Chalong Hospital for treatment of his minor injuries, then taken to Karon Police Station to face charges, Lt Col Teerayut confirmed.