American stabbed breaking up couple’s argument

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An American man was stabbed in the back after intervening in a domestic dispute between a Thai woman and her French husband.

Morgan Kant, 36, suffered a single stab wound, allegedly from the woman he tried to assist in the Dec. 13 attack in front of the S.S. Laundry & Salon on Soi Buakaow.

Suspect Sunisa Umphan, 21, was taken into custody along with a bloody 20-cm. knife. Kant was treated for the non-serious wound at Pattaya Memorial Hospital.

Sunisa Umphan is being held for stabbing Morgan Kant who tried to intervene in a domestic dispute.Sunisa Umphan is being held for stabbing Morgan Kant who tried to intervene in a domestic dispute.

Police said Sunisa confessed to attacking Kant during an intense argument she was having with husband Hamidi Samir, 28, in front of their 3-year-old child.

She told police Kant was walking past the arguing couple and attempted to break it up. Things got physical and the bigger Kant was beating on Samir, who had been holding the toddler. Police said Sunisa then took the long knife out of her bag and stabbed the American.