British tourist reports Phuket stab attack
A British tourist was stabbed in the back on Thailand’s holiday island of Phuket on the same night that Australian travel agent Michelle Smith was killed by two robbers attempting a bag snatch.
Mohamad Zubair Edwa, 37, who is believed to use the name Edward Wright, said he was riding home from a bar in the early hours of Wednesday morning when three men on a motorbike blocked the road in front of him.
One of the men dismounted and, as Mr Edwa attempted to ride around the man, he was stabbed in the side, causing a deep wound and extensive bleeding.
"As I was riding [away], I touched my back, and there was blood all over my hand.
"A lady saw me, she called an ambulance," Mr Edwa, from Cambridge, told Thailand news website Phuket Wan.
The attack came just five hours and less than 10 kilometres from where 60-year-old Mrs Smith was attacked and killed.
by Ian Jarrett
Ian Jarrett
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