In a brazen act, a tan-skinned young man shot a 24-year-old Iraqi man dead on a street in central Patong. Police are intensively pursuing the shooter.
At 17:53 on 7 Feb 2026, Police Lieutenant Thapanthorn Meejina, Deputy Investigator at Patong Police Station in Phuket, received notification from Patong Hospital emergency room that a foreign man had been shot near a hotel on Sirirat Road, Patong Subdistrict, Kathu District. The victim was brought in for treatment but later died. Lieutenant Thapanthorn, along with Police Colonel Korakrit Khankruea, Chief of Patong Police, led an investigation team to the scene.
The officers divided into two groups: one to verify the victim's information at Patong Hospital, and the other to work with forensic police at the crime scene to gather evidence and track the perpetrator.
The victim was identified as Mr. Ameer Mundher Mamood, 24, Iraqi nationality, who had been shot with an unknown caliber bullet one to two times. Doctors are examining the bullets recovered from his body.
Preliminary investigations revealed that at about 17:40 on 7 Feb 2026, Mr. Ameer Mundher Mamood was standing checking his motorcycle opposite the hotel on Sirirat Road. A tan-skinned man approximately 175-180 cm tall, wearing a full-face black helmet, a black short-sleeve T-shirt, long blue jeans, carrying a black-and-white bag, and black sneakers, approached Mr. Ameer. The assailant drew an unknown caliber firearm and shot Mr. Ameer once before fleeing back along his path.
Nearby CCTV footage captured the suspect walking past the camera before the shooting and running back past it afterward. Mr. Ameer was seriously wounded and later died at Patong Hospital.
Initial assessments suggest the suspect is a foreign man who may have had prior personal conflicts with the victim, leading him to acquire a firearm and commit the shooting. Authorities are reviewing CCTV along the suspect's escape route to apprehend and prosecute him under the law.