Tourist 'fires gun at street food seller when her jealous husband confronts him for flirting'
A tourist allegedly fired a gun at a Thai street food seller when her jealous husband confronted him for flirting with her.
The holidaymaker, aged around 40, reportedly stopped to chat with married woman Kanyarat Yenchujit, 27, as she was grilling squid outside her shop in 'Sin City' Pattaya, on October 3.
After talking for a while, he allegedly invited her to go to his hotel to sleep with him. When she refused, he was said to have hurled expletives at her.
Her husband then arrived to chase the tourist away.
But the foreigner returned later, entering an alley beside the shop before suddenly pulling out a firearm.
Staff screamed and hid under tables as gunfire rang out.
CCTV footage shows the suspect unleashing a barrage of gunshots before casually walking away from the scene.
Kanyarat said she has reported the incident to Pattaya City Police, adding she 'felt unsafe', as the suspect was still at large.
She said: 'I felt frightened when he came back and started firing towards the shop. I just want the police to find him before he does this to someone else.'
Kanyarat said around four or five shots were heard, sending those nearby scrambling for shelter as the man shouted loudly before walking away.
Her sister said: 'In the morning, a foreigner verbally harassed my younger sister, leading to an argument before he left. I did not think he would return at noon.
'When we were preparing to open the shop, he came from an alley on the side and shot three times. It failed to fire and did not hit anyone. It only made a loud noise. I was unsure whether it was a real firearm.'
She said she, Kanyarat and her young daughter were at the shop when the incident happened.
Staff believe the weapon may have been a replica or children's cap gun, which produces a loud bang when fired.
Pattaya has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in Asia due to its round-the-clock sex industry, which attracts men from all parts of the world.
Thousands of young girls and women can be found every night along the city's notorious Beach Road, where they can be bought for as little as 1,000 Baht.
Officials have made efforts to clean up the city but are reluctant to quash the lucrative sex-tourism industry, which makes up a substantial chunk of the country's GDP.
