Flashermac Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Photo here, if you scroll down the page: Fookit Gazette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 police to suspect that Mr Obersonâ??s assailant may have been a weapons expert or international terrorist. Just keeps getting legs this story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Hi, Noticed that as well. A bit far fetched to think 'international terrorist' based only on a DIY gun. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Do the locals build such zip guns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Nah, just buy a .45 cal US Army Model 1911 pistol on the black market. Plenty of them floating around, especially from Cambodia. It's the hitman's special here. Never saw anything like that Flash Gordon contraption before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Wonder if the guy was trying to make one of these: Heckler & Koch P11 New threat? Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidel Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Slain frogman identified KARON: After days of intense speculation, Chalong Police investigating the bizarre death of a frogman who attacked a Swiss yacht owner and a Thai woman on the night of January 9 have finally identified the attacker as German national Peter Michael Schmid, aged 35. The investigation by Chalong Police included showing pictures of the deceased frogman to hotel employees in Kata-Karon and Rawai. Chalong Police Superintendent Col Samarn Chainarong told the Gazette that police still believe the attack was a botched robbery because Schmid had a gun, knife and black electrical tape with him when he boarded the vessel, a 10-meter sailboat named Maria. Schmid was also thought to have been suffering from stomach cancer at the time of his death, Col Samarn added. Most of the details of the attack, as provided to the media at a press conference on January 10, are based on the eye-witness account of 25-year-old Trat native Porntip Pradit. (Click here for original report.) After the attack, Schmidâ??s body was recovered by police and rescue workers about 70 meters from Maria. He had sustained two large wounds: one to under his left eye and the other to his left wrist, inflicted by a gaff, or boat hook, kept aboard Maria. Doctors at Vachira Phuket Hospital confirmed that the cause of death was blood loss from the wound to his wrist, Col Samarn said. The victim Mr Orberson, 50, was rushed to Phuket International Hospital, where he was initially kept in the Intensive Care Unit for a gunshot wound to his shoulder. He was released on Saturday, before he could be questioned by police. Chalong Police say they know where Mr Oberson is and that they plan to question him soon. They will have to file murder charges against him as a matter of procedure, though they expect the charges to be dropped eventually because all of the available evidence indicates that he was acting in self-defense. Mr Oberson had come to Thailand with his wife and two young children, a boy and a girl, all three of whom were staying at a resort on Koh Racha Yai when the incident took place, Col Samarn said. Col Samarn confirmed reports that Schmid was wearing a wetsuit bearing the name and logo of Dive Asia, a local dive tour operator, at the time of his death. A spokesperson for Dive Asia confirmed that a man named Peter Michael Schmid completed a dive course with the operator within the past three years, but declined to give additional information. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh_Hoy Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Anybody hear any more about this incident? HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Nothing! It's like the "powers that be" don't want it mentioned. ----------------------------------- To see or download mini-video, go to http://news.prd.go.th/news_detail.php?newsid=215978 Phuket police have now been able to identify a dead robber who attempted to rob a 50 year old yacht skipper, Pierre Alain Oberson, but got himself killed. The incident occurred on Wednesday 9th January when a yacht was moored at Kata Bay on the south side of Phuket Island. The yacht owner was badly wounded and was hospitalized while the robber was killed by a hook. Chalong Police Superintendent Pol. Col. Samarn Chainarong told Andaman News that the man was identified as German national Peter Michael Schmid, aged 45 years old. Police said he completed a diving course from a diving school in Phuket where he had been living for the past two years. Police are coordinating with the German Embassy for the repatriation of the body while the victim can respond to police questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadfly Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 The investigation by Chalong Police included showing pictures of the deceased frogman to hotel employees in Kata-Karon and Rawai. Eariler posted: "a link could be quickly made between: (a) the missing diving enthusiast guest in room 101 and ( Frogman. Search his room, and you have his passport and know who he is and where he came from." Close but not quite right on this one: A spokesperson for Dive Asia confirmed that a man named Peter Michael Schmid completed a dive course with the operator within the past three years, but declined to give additional information. - and - Samarn Chainarong told Andaman News that the man was identified as German national Peter Michael Schmid, aged 45 years old. Police said he completed a diving course from a diving school in Phuket where he had been living for the past two years. My guess and suggestion: "Go around to all of the Phuket dive shops with a picture of Frogman. See if anyone recognizes him. Ask if any Farang diving instructors have failed to show up for work since, say, last Wednesday. If so, find out where that diving instructor lived (the Thais will know), and search his room." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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