Police at the scene of Schwartges Volker’s fatal stabbing in Chaweng Beach – Photo Matichon Online
KOH SAMUI – Three Thai teenagers have been arrested for allegedly stabbing a German National Schwartges Volker, 46, to death in front of GB Lodge and Bar on Koh Samui island yesterday.
The three suspects are between 15 and 17 years old, said Pol.Col. Satit Prom-uthai, an officer at Bo Phut Police Station.
The Bangkok Post has reported that the teen attached Volker in front of GB Lodge and Bar on Chaweng Beach Road in tambon Bor Pud at about 6am after Volker Schwartges, 46, and his Thai girlfriend Jariya Konkote, 39, left the bar and walked to their motorcycle to return home.
Witnesses told police the couple, who are the owners of “99 Bar” on Chaweng beach, found two teenage boys were sitting on the motorbike drinking beer with a third standing nearby.
Schwartges was unhappy and rebuked them. A fierce argument ensued and escalated into a deadly fight, as the German was assaulted by the teens and at one point fell to the ground.
The witnesses said one of the teens broke a beer bottle and stabbed Schwartges in the neck, killing him.
Ms Jariya tried to stop the fight but failed. Police said the broken bottle cut Schwartges’s carotid artery.
The teens fled and were later apprehended at an unnamed food shop opposite Palm Beach hotel in Bor Pud in the afternoon.
Pol Lt Col Pana Saenathip, deputy chief of Bor Pud police station, said the teenager who stabbed Schwartges was 17 years old and was carrying a 15-cm long knife when police caught him.
His accomplices were aged 14 to 15. The three were charged with The three suspects have been charged with premeditated murder., the officer said.