Dead Norwegian found hanging from Pattaya rooftop
published : 14 Nov 2018 at 13:16
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Chaiyot Pupattanapong
PATTAYA: A shirtless Norwegian man was found hanging from the rooftop of a 31-storey condominium building off Beach Road on Monday.
Police were called to Northshore Condominium on Soi 5 off Pattaya's Beach Road at about 10am, when the body was noticed.
The 69-year-old was hanging by a nylon rope around his neck against the outside wall of the highrise, 3-4 metres below the rooftop. The other end of the rope was tied to a fire hydrant.
Police took about three hours to retrieve the body, which was dressed only in a pair of shorts. There were bloodstains on the body and on the rooftop.
Police also found a letter written in Norwegian.
The man was the tenant of a room on the 23rd floor of the condominium.
Police thought it might be a suicide, but were investigating further.
The man's name was withheld pending notification of relatives.
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Vocabulary
- bloodstain (noun): a mark or spot of blood on something - รอยเลือด,จุดที่เปื้อนเลือด
- hydrant: an upright water pipe in the street that the fire service gets water from - หัวก้อนน้ำประปาสาธารณะ
- notification (noun): the act of giving or receiving official information about something - การแจ้ง
- pending: waiting to be dealt with, settled or completed - ยังค้างอยู่, ซึ่งยังไม่จบสิ้น, อยู่ในระหว่าง
- relatives (noun): members of your family - ญาติพี่น้อง
- retrieve (verb): to get something back, especially something that is not easy to find - ได้กลับคืนมา
- rope (noun): very strong thick string made by twisting thinner strings, wires, etc. together - เชือก
- suicide: the action of deliberately killing yourself - การฆ่าตัวตาย
- Keywords
- rooftop
- body
- condominium
- hanging
