Bangkok: Vegetarian restaurant chef kills customer, serves him to others
What's the story
Diners at a vegetarian restaurant in Bangkok were rather peeved and disgusted when they found minced meat in their noodles, but what awaited them was far worse. Outraged at being served meat, they reported the vegetarian restaurant to police who promptly arrived at the spot. They quickly determined that the meat being served was not pork or beef, but human. Here's more.
Discovery
Police made a grisly discovery while inspecting the restaurant premises
When police inspected the kitchen of the restaurant, they found that it had blood splattered all over the walls, and there were chunks of human meat strewn on the floor. Further inspection of the premises led to the discovery of the mutilated body of a 61-year-old man in the septic tank, who had been missing since October 21.
Twitter Post
Images from the grisly crime scene
Diners make grisly find at Bangkok vegetarian eatery #Bangkok : https://t.co/aSueVFZv7G pic.twitter.com/kecsGf8d0h
— Thaivisa (@georgebkk) October 31, 2018
Details
Human meat was being served to dispose of the body
The victim was identified as Prasit Inpathom, who had been a regular at the eatery. Reportedly, Prasit got into a fight with the eatery's owner and was killed. Police suspect that the eatery's owner was trying to dispose of Prasit's body by cooking his flesh and serving it to customers. It's not known how many customers ate human flesh. Currently, a manhunt is on for the owner, who remains at large.