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Japanese tourist injured in robbery near Bangkok Airport Rail Link station

Makkasan station on Bangkok Airport Rail Link stands beside a deserted road in 2014. (File photo: Bangkok Post)

A 43-year-old Japanese tourist was injured by a group of suspected robbers near Makkasan station on the Bangkok Airport Rail Link on Wednesday night, police said.

Pol Col Urumpon Khundetsamrit, chief of Makkasan police station, said on Thursday that the attack took place at about 8.30pm at a public park behind the electric train station, which connects Suvarnabhumi airport in Samut Prakan province with central Bangkok. The location is linked to Soi Asok-Din Daeng 30, which runs through a deserted area.

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