Two Australian men have been arrested in Phuket over the shooting of two German tourists.
Lawyers said the men were involved in an altercation with a Danish man over a motorbike and one of the men allegedly fired a pistol and accidentally hit the tourists at Patong Beach on Tuesday
The Phuket Wan newspaper said the victim, Johann Baschenegger, 41, was admitted to hospital in a serious condition.
The other man, Joseph Woerner, 71, was in a satisfactory condition.
The Australians, who operate a tattoo parloutr in Phuket, allegedly fled after the shooting but were tracked down by local police.
In June an Australian travel agent was fatally stabbed in a bungled street robbery in Phuket, while a British tourist was shot dead in a Thai bar popular with backpackers in nearby Koh Phangan on January 1.
The UK Foreign Office subsequently issued a warning stating that seven British nationals had been murdered in Thailand since January 2009 and that western tourists have been victims of vicious, unprovoked attacks by gangs in Koh Phangan.
