Thai cops said on Thursday they are hunting two foreigners for the gangland-style execution of a Briton in a seedy beach resort, but are unsure if the pair have fled the country.
Tony Kenway, a 39-year-old father-of-four, was killed on Tuesday morning with a single shot to the head outside a gym in the eastern city of Pattaya.
Harrowing CCTV footage showed an assassin calmly open the door of his victim’s parked red Porsche, shooting him once and then fleeing on a motorbike driven by an accomplice.
Thai police named the two suspects as British national Miles Dicken Turner and South African Abel Caldeira Bonito.
“The court has issued an arrest warrant for them,” deputy national police spokesman Colonel Krissana Pattanacharoen said. “They are jointly charged with premeditated murder, illegal possession of a firearm and also carrying weapons without permission,” he added.
Krissana declined to speculate on the motive for the killing, but said the pair were identified through witness testimony and evidence gathered over the last two days.