Seven youths held in knife attack on stranger

NAKHON PHANOM: Seven young people, including a boy aged 11, have been arrested for a knife attack on a 20-year-old motorcycle passenger in Sri Songkhram district. The victim survived after a border patrol police officer came to his rescue. Withoon Wong-ai, a resident of Sri Songkhram, was badly hurt in the attack in the early hours of Wednesday while his elder brother, who was driving the bike, managed to escape. The incident happened about 1.30am on Wednesday as the two brothers rode past a local road and encountered seven young people on three motorcycles. The attackers, armed with knives, gave chase to the two men, who abandoned their bike and ran for their own safety. Withoon ran into a blind…