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10.10.09 Morning Nai Harn jog turns into nightmare
The road near Nai Harn lake where an expat Phuket resident was attacked while on a morning jog earlier this week.
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RAWAI,
PHUKET: An expat Phuket resident narrowly escaped an attempted rape in
the Nai Harn area of Phuket when she was attacked by a Thai man
wielding a screwdriver last Friday morning.
The victim, 39, told the Gazette today that the attack came as she was out for a morning jog near Nai Harn Lake at about 8am.
She
was running along the uphill section towards Phromthep Cape when a Thai
man pulled up along side her on a motorbike and began talking to her in
broken English.
"He offered me a ride, but I refused. He also
asked if I had a boyfriend, so I said yes,” said the victim, a
long-term resident of the area.
According to the victim, the man
then circled back and forth a few times, then got off the bike and
walked straight towards her, brandishing a screwdriver.
The
attacker forced her up a dirt path to a secluded area, where he began
to try and rape her, pinning her down and punching her when she tried
to scream for help.
When she noticed another Thai man jogging
past on the main road, she summoned all her strength and kicked off the
would-be rapist.
The other jogger escorted the woman back to the safety of the Nai Harn Lake area and stayed with her until she felt safe.
She then went to report the attack at Chalong Police Station.
Her assailant remains at large.
Chalong
Police confirmed that a complaint has been filed and said the woman
told them her assailant was a young Thai man, possibly in his teens or
early twenties.
Source: Phuketgazette, 10.10.09
http://www.phuketgazette.net/news/index.asp?id=7868
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