Police stop gang fight on Pattaya’s Walking Street
published : 16 Mar 2026 at 13:00
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Amporn Sangkaew
Police arrested nine migrant workers and broke up a developing armed brawl involving about 20 migrant workers on Walking Street late on Sunday night.
Police were informed of the gathering and likely gang street fight outside Siam Bayshore Resort and arrived to head it off about 11.46pm.
The rival gangs ran through the crowd to parked motorcycles and fled the scene.
Police arrested nine of them before they could escape. They included two Myanmar and three Karen people. Police also seized two knives from the migrants.
The police investigation into the incident was continuing
Vocabulary
- flee (past form: fled) (verb): to leave a place or person quickly because you are afraid of possible danger or consequences - หนี
- gang (noun): a group of criminals who work together; a group of young people who spend time together causing trouble - แก๊ง, กลุ่มโจร
- gathering: an occasion when many people come together as a group - การรวมตัว, การประชุม
- head off: to prevent something from taking place - กัน, กีดขวาง, คลาดแคล้ว
- migrant: someone who travels to another place or country in order to find work (an immigrant is someone who comes to live in a country from another country) - ผู้อพยพ, คนงานต่างถิ่น
- rival: a person you are competing against or opposing - คู่แข่ง
- seize (verb): to take something using force - ยึด, จับกุม
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