Just saw this in one of our Australian newspaper websites, does not sound to good. Has anyone seen anything about it on your local news
A Brisbane woman is in intensive care in Thailand after being hit in the neck in a drive-by shooting.
Pam Fitzpatrick, 26, of Springwood was wounded when three shots were fired into a crowded bar in Kanchanaburi, about 130 kilometres west of Bangkok early today.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) tonight confirmed the shooting, saying Ms Fitzpatrick, a nurse, had been "seriously injured".
"Thai police are investigating the incident and a consular officer from the Australian embassy in Bangkok travelled to Kanchanaburi to assist the woman," a spokesman said.
"She has since been admitted to hospital in Bangkok."
The Nine Network reported Ms Fitzpatrick had been in Thailand just 24 hours after being reunited with younger sister Jenny, who was returning from Europe.
Waratora Jiamjai, a friend of Ms Fitzpatrick, said they were at the bar when two men approached on a motorbike.
"I heard bang, bang, bang ... and then I saw the guys on the motorbike," she told the Nine Network.
"We saw Pam was laying on the floor with her blood on the floor."
Ms Jiamjai believed her friend was the innocent victim of a local feud involving the bar's owner.
Ms Fitzpatrick's father Kevin Fitzpatrick said his daughter had been shot in the back of the neck with a "random bullet".
He said his other daughter Jenny rang and alerted him to the incident about 6am (AEST) today.
"It was devastating because (I) couldn't believe something like that would happen," he said.
The trip was Ms Fitzpatrick's second in three years to the area.
Mr Fitzpatrick said he would wait on advice from Australian officials before deciding whether to go to Thailand to bring his daughter home.
"As soon as I know what's happening I can make a decision to go there or not go there, or whatever," he said. "I just don't know what's the best."
The DFAT spokesman said officials were providing support for the Fitzpatrick family in Brisbane.
AAP
