(ANN/THE NATION) – The police arrested three foreign tourists who allegedly attacked a 44-year-old Russian tourist in a hotel in Patong subdistrict, Phuket province, on Saturday.
The injured tourist, identified as Aleksandr Belinskii, received facial injuries while battling the three assailants who reportedly attempted to assault two Finnish women in the early hours of Saturday.
The Finnish women informed the police that they were in their hotel room when three men, who were also foreigners, forcibly entered and attempted to assault them.
Belinskii, who happened to be walking past their room, reportedly saw the incident and tried to stop the men, who then turned to attack him instead before fleeing the scene, the women said.
Patong police found out later that the suspects stayed in a nearby hotel. They were identified as German nationals Aksu Cemre Can, 30, and Aksu Ali Cem, 22, and Turkish national Yanyana Salman, 23.
The suspects said that they only wanted to send the Finnish women to their hotel room after hanging out at an entertainment venue.
They said a Russian man came on the scene and claimed he was the Finnish woman’s boyfriend, leading to an argument and physical confrontation.
The three suspects were taken to Patong Police Station for the legal process.
