Israeli suspected of stabbing Australian who touched his girlfriend in Thai club

Footage captured in night club shows man with a knife attacking the Australian after he pinched his girlfriend’s backside

By ToI Staff 9 June 2018, 9:41 pm

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Illustrative: A Thai police officers stand guard outside a courthouse Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Bangkok, Thailand (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thai authorities were searching for an Israeli suspected of stabbing an Australian tourist in a night club after the Australian pinched his girlfriend on the bottom.

Thai police released video of the incident that took place Thursday in Pattaya, The Nation reported, adding that police believe the unnamed Israeli may have manged to flee the country.

The Australian, identified as Jaydon Sienkiewicz, 21, was hospitalized with a stab wound in the abdomen and was in a moderate condition.

The video shows the Israeli and his girlfriend entering the club. Sienkiewicz stuck his hand out and grabbed the woman. The man then pulled out a knife and stabbed him, even as she tried to stop him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi_B7LPQ3f8