{"id":90732,"date":"2017-02-22T05:43:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T10:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=90732"},"modified":"2018-07-16T07:09:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T11:09:15","slug":"canadian-attacked-with-machete-in-thailand-in-stable-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/22\/canadian-attacked-with-machete-in-thailand-in-stable-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian attacked with machete in Thailand in stable condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_90735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90735\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16716210_823827521107011_1518455914148904471_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90735\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16716210_823827521107011_1518455914148904471_o.jpg\" alt=\"Police in Thailand have arrested two men accused of slashing a Canadian man with a machete while trying to steal a gold necklace from his female companion last week. (Photo: It's better in Thailand\/Facebook)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16716210_823827521107011_1518455914148904471_o.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16716210_823827521107011_1518455914148904471_o-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16716210_823827521107011_1518455914148904471_o-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16716210_823827521107011_1518455914148904471_o-1024x763.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police in Thailand have arrested two men accused of slashing a Canadian man with a machete while trying to steal a gold necklace from his female companion last week. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itsbetterinthailand\/photos\/p.823827521107011\/823827521107011\/?type=1&amp;opaqueCursor=AbqTZSwe7DowYnHs493z010N0t-WFx2CwBg6-_WGX8rQ30fnuweKoY5Lz__ADfkGJwT0XSTrxukwFnLMIazrO9waE22OnU5mZKyyed_KsnqqFpC8C0yd8FaCiNIyR03ObZwuLqmpwkPK592QRg6jHjTVvTVo_27tKZsmVBFgEneNjD7-2UQJqozrUKR9NwvkQHOWORs9_MYIg3am66zQe7ViqxVwe7zTNCD5RxAVyMItCsr_SO2vPkRkVyRQDq1FA74R3MFRzYUcOFmIykmyaOcsVw9vc-ySalYqLJS3K6Zq3EzfCswh1ZKMoItzpp6Mfs9J7oGsE1vJK5jiRBb5bj3s&amp;theater\">It&#8217;s better in Thailand\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CHUMPHON, Thailand\u2014Police in Thailand have arrested two men accused of slashing a Canadian man with a machete while trying to steal a gold necklace from his female companion last week.<\/p>\n<p>The Bangkok Post reported in its online edition that Canadian Philip Sullivan, 68, and King Kulkaew of Bangkok had left a restaurant on foot last Wednesday in the southern city of Chumphon when they were followed by a pickup truck.<\/p>\n<p>Then, at a quiet spot near the restaurant, police say one suspect allegedly left the vehicle and tried to snatch King&#8217;s gold necklace.<\/p>\n<p>Police say Sullivan intervened and was hacked on the right arm and neck and is now in stable condition. His companion suffered bruising.<\/p>\n<p>Chumphon police chief, Maj.-Gen. Sonthichai Arwattanakul says the suspects fled without the necklace and were later identified through security camera footage.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper says the two suspects, Yutthana Chumworathaayee, 36, and Sarawut Katerat, 35, were released from prison only three months ago after being convicted of attempted murder and assault.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate information on Sullivan&#8217;s hometown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHUMPHON, Thailand\u2014Police in Thailand have arrested two men accused of slashing a Canadian man with a machete while trying to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":90735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18,16],"tags":[15610,15611],"class_list":["post-90732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-king-kulkaew","tag-philip-sullivan","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}