Five Teens Arrested for Assaulting Youth at BTS Station
Five teenagers were arrested for assaulting a youth at a Bangkok BTS station following a rock concert, with police alleging the attack occurred after a dispute over a group photo on August 6.
Police arrested five youths accused of mob-beating and injuring a teenager at a BTS skytrain station after a rock concert by a famous artist. The operation was conducted on August 11, 2025, under the direction of Metropolitan Police Division 2 commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Kiatkul Sandipern and his team.
Investigators arrested Airth (surname withheld), age 20; A (alias), age 17; B (alias), age 15; C (alias), age 17; and D (alias), a 17-year-old Cambodian national, on charges of assault causing bodily harm.
The incident became public on social media on August 6, when around 10 unknown youths attacked someone at the escalator entrance to the Rajabhat Phranakhon station on the BTS pink line, near Thangjaivatana Road in the Anusaovaree subdistrict, Bang Khen district, Bangkok.
Investigators from Bang Khen station identified five suspects and brought them in for questioning. During interrogation, the suspects claimed that after attending a concert by a famous rock artist, they took a group photo wearing concert merchandise to post on social media. They alleged that another group of teenagers objected, threw a water bottle at them, prompting them to chase and assault the person in retaliation.
Bang Khen station police forwarded the five male suspects to investigators for legal proceedings.
