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Man in Thailand Goes on Rampage in Temple, Dies After Being Impaled by Buddha Statue
AsiaOne ^ | MARCH 13, 2024 | Khoo Yi-Hang

Posted on 03/14/2024 4:24:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A man in Thailand who went on a violent rampage at a temple in the Chonburi province died after being impaled by a Buddha statue.

On Feb 27, the 49-year-old man, who went by the name Ek, had taken methamphetamine in the temple with his friend - a monk at the temple who goes by the name Best, reported Thai media outlet Thaiger.

Ek then attacked Best with a fluorescent tube. While the latter ran away to seek help, Ek went on to smash statues in the temple, before fleeing into the main hall.

When the police arrived at the temple, Ek had locked all the doors and windows in the main hall, preventing officers from entering.

As they suspected Ek might have a weapon, the police waited outside and attempted to convince Ek to surrender himself.

However, there was no response from the man.

When they broke down the door and entered the main hall, the police found Ek lying in a pool of blood, with a Buddha statue pierced through his chest.

According to investigations, he had tried to climb and deface the largest statue in the hall but slipped and fell, landing on the sharp end of another statue below, South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday (March 13).

The statue's head had pierced his heart and lungs.

According to residents in the Banbung district of the province, Ek had stayed with Best at the temple for a few days before the incident, Thaiger reported.

Best told the police that he took drugs with Ek and agreed to leave the monkhood for his misconduct.


TOPICS: Local News; Religion; Weird Stuff
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I thought Buddha was peaceful.
1 posted on 03/14/2024 4:24:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Now there’s a headline you don’t see every day.


2 posted on 03/14/2024 4:27:46 PM PDT by left that other site ("Salvation is of the LORD" (Prayer of St. Patrick) from Psalm 3:8)
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To: nickcarraway

There’s some dark irony here.


3 posted on 03/14/2024 4:33:43 PM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: nickcarraway

Karma in action


4 posted on 03/14/2024 4:34:33 PM PDT by nevadapatriot
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To: nickcarraway

“I thought Buddha was peaceful.”

Kind of how I wish the US was - peaceful, but don’t f- with us.


5 posted on 03/14/2024 4:38:39 PM PDT by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: left that other site

You win the thread!
LOL


6 posted on 03/14/2024 4:43:43 PM PDT by Zathras
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}:-D


7 posted on 03/14/2024 4:44:44 PM PDT by left that other site ("Salvation is of the LORD" (Prayer of St. Patrick) from Psalm 3:8)
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To: nickcarraway

Moral: never mess with a Buddha statue (or one of Kaiser Wilhelm wearing a helmet).


8 posted on 03/14/2024 4:45:55 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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To: nickcarraway

The night was chaotic and Confucius...


9 posted on 03/14/2024 4:50:24 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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Karma.

L


10 posted on 03/14/2024 4:51:47 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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This One





Will definitely leave a mark.

11 posted on 03/14/2024 4:53:03 PM PDT by left that other site ("Salvation is of the LORD" (Prayer of St. Patrick) from Psalm 3:8)
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Hmm. Bet he won’t ever do that again.


12 posted on 03/14/2024 4:54:16 PM PDT by princeofdarkness
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I thought the meth heads around here were top tier. I wonder what Ek’s teeth looked like.


13 posted on 03/14/2024 4:55:17 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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Pickelhaube.


14 posted on 03/14/2024 4:59:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Must have been deficient in zen.


15 posted on 03/14/2024 5:03:02 PM PDT by xp38
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To: nickcarraway

Buddacide?


16 posted on 03/14/2024 5:04:24 PM PDT by texanyankee
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To: nevadapatriot

Karma is definitely a bee-och. Don’t mess with Buddha.


17 posted on 03/14/2024 5:06:33 PM PDT by Veto! (FJB Sucks Rocks)
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I wonder what their teaching on reincarnation is when you do meth in a temple and wind up impaling yourself on a statue of Buddha.

“This has never happened before. There’s nothing in the manual.”


18 posted on 03/14/2024 5:08:37 PM PDT by scott7278 (Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.)
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Isn’t Thailand a death penalty for drugs country?


19 posted on 03/14/2024 5:15:47 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: princeofdarkness

THats a good Buddhist joke.

No he shouldn’t do it again in future lives.

Unless he has a insoluable karmic loop.


20 posted on 03/14/2024 5:24:50 PM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=300</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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