The Sawang Boriboon Rescue Team called out Pattaya Police on the evening of Thursday, 8th January to attend to an assault and robbery incident involving two Russian tourists that had occurred on Pratamnak Hill in South Pattaya. The team gave 26 year old Mr. Nikita Salamatov and 25 year old Miss Anastasia Dudnikova first aid for head wounds they received after being attacked by a gang of Thai men near the helicopter pad on the top of the hill. They were drinking wine and admiring the view over the bay when the gang came up behind them and attacked without warning then robbed them of 300 US dollars and 2,000 baht and their mobile phones. An investigation was set up as the couple were sent to the nearest hospital for further treatment.
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