Shocking moment Australian tourist brutally knocks out reveller during brawl with Brits in notorious Thai resort
An Australian tourist was seen in brutal footage fighting with British revellers during a night out in Thailand.
The Aussie holidaymaker had reportedly been downing beer with his friends at a Pattaya bar in the notorious Thai 'Sin City' on May 5.
However, he was said to have sparked alarm when he suddenly began shouting at other tourists in an alcohol-induced rampage.
Footage of the shocking moment shows the Australian man bellowing as he stormed out of the bar during closing time.
After a moment of throwing fake punches, he finally swung his fist into the the tourist in front of him and knocked him out in one blow.
The Aussie man and a still-unidentified suspect then turned their fury on the other bargoers as a woman screamed, trying to control them.
Police said they were notified at 3:45am local time that three foreigners were injured.
According to reports, they were identified by officers as a Brit tourist, German holidaymaker, and Swedish national.
The wounded were taken to a hospital for treatment and to obtain a medical certificate for the police investigation.
They were later summoned to the police station with their friend, a Cambodian woman.
Police said they obtained CCTV footage from the area, allowing them to identify Hallam, who was arrested and detained at the Pattaya City Police Station.
They said they were coordinating with the Immigration Bureau to investigate him for possible visa revocation.
A motorcycle taxi rider who witnessed the altercation said: 'At the time of the incident, we saw two groups of foreigners in a heated argument that quickly escalated into a violent fight in the middle of the street.
'One person was beaten so badly they collapsed, and then the attackers fled before the police arrived.'
Police Lieutenant Colonel Suthiraphan Tapsri of Pattaya City Police Station said: 'It was a fight where everyone was drunk.
'The pub was closed, but the foreigners were standing around arguing about various things.
'They did not know each other, and it was the first time they had met. The Australian arrived with another suspect who has not yet been arrested, while the four victims came together.
'We are still investigating to track down the other suspect. It will take some time.'
Former fishing village Pattaya became popular with American troops on 'rest and relaxation' breaks in the 1950s and 1960s when the US military had bases in Thailand while fighting Communism in Vietnam.
Rural families are said to have even dressed their sons as women to cash in on the gold rush.
The handful of bars in the coastal town quickly grew and it is now the world's biggest sex holiday destination, with round-the-clock prostitution and drugs - a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah rife with crime and debauchery.
Government chiefs have attempted to clean up the city but regular violence, depravity and claims of corruption continue to blight its reputation.
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