It turns out, turf battles happen even amongst rescue volunteers.
Rescue volunteer groups from Ruamkatanyu and Petchkasem foundations brawled over territory on Monday evening following a motorcycle accident on Bamrung Road, TV Channel 7 reported.
The teams initially tried to negotiate however the talks was an argument, resulting in members of both teams attacking one another. Ironclad from both foundations then arrived and joined the battle.
Around 10 to twenty cops from Samran Rat, Nang Loeng, and Royal Palace stations, amongst others, rushed to the scene to break up the fight.
Pol. Col. Ekarat Pao-in, deputy chief of Metropolitan Police Division 1, mentioned representatives of the two foundations went to Nang Loeng Police Station to report the incident. They were advised to return the subsequent day to resolve the issue of overlapping boundaries and put an finish to these turf battles.
Unconditional ’ rescuers have clashed incessantly, with the worst incident being close to the seventieth pier off Kaset Nawamin Road, where photographs were fired and a few have been injured. Police discovered a number of bullet casings at the scene.
After that incident, representatives of the two foundations held talks and reached a truce, but small clashes continued to occur. While the 2 foundations have been holding talks to attempt to finish the violence, the Public Health Ministry and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration have not taken the problem critically, in accordance with Pol. Col. Ekarat.
The government director of Ruamkatanyu Foundation, Patiya Wibulnan, said that several individuals have been injured in the latest clash with Petchkasem rescuers, and it’s unsure when another fight would begin, or how violent it would be. Patiya added that gunshots are possible, as happened on Kaset Nawamin road..