Two women were wounded in a gun attack on their car in Pattaya in the early hours of Friday, as police believe they were wrongly targeted.

The attack occurred in Bang Lamung district at around 2.10am.

Police found a black Mercedes Benz parked with bullet damage on its doors, side mirrors and body. The officers also found blood stains inside the car and on the road.

The two wounded women were sent to hospital.

Nippawan Wola, 26, sustained a gunshot wound through both cheeks, while the other victim, Li Xinying, 24, from China, was shot in the left wrist.

Employees at Ying Club, a nearby pub, told police that a group of teenagers had a quarrel with some South Korean tourists inside the venue before the shooting.

After the pub closed around 2am, a car carrying the South Koreans involved in the quarrel and another car carrying the two women left the venue and went in separate directions. The teenagers also drove off and headed in the same direction as the victims' car. Several rounds of gunshots were then heard.

Police believe the attackers opened fire on the wrong car.