Frenchman Commits Suicide by Shooting Himself in Guesthouse
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Frenchman Commits Suicide by Shooting Himself in Guesthouse
A 47 year old Frenchman was found dead in Khmer Stay, a backpacker friendly guesthouse in Phnom Penh, with a gunshot wound to the head in an apparent suicide.
He hadn't come down from his room in a couple days and the staff started to notice a terrible smell coming from his room, so they opened his door to find him dead and lying on the bed with a K54 Chinese pistol next to him.
Authorities were surprised to find him dead like this because they didn't think foreigners have guns.
The K54 pistol (known as black star pistols) is a Chinese-made firearm that was used by the Vietnamese in the Vietnam War, and is a clone of the Tokarev pistol, a Russian pistol. They are very common guns here in Cambodia.
The local news had given his name as "CHELKOFF CYRIL VICTOR."
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He hadn't come down from his room in a couple days and the staff started to notice a terrible smell coming from his room, so they opened his door to find him dead and lying on the bed with a K54 Chinese pistol next to him.
Authorities were surprised to find him dead like this because they didn't think foreigners have guns.
The K54 pistol (known as black star pistols) is a Chinese-made firearm that was used by the Vietnamese in the Vietnam War, and is a clone of the Tokarev pistol, a Russian pistol. They are very common guns here in Cambodia.
The local news had given his name as "CHELKOFF CYRIL VICTOR."
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Re: Frenchman Commits Suicide by Shooting Himself in Guestho
The pistol looks a little rough, probably a tuk-tuk/street buy. I bought a brand new one of those about 20 years ago in America ($100. with holster/belt) and have it in my collection in the US. Its one of the best shooting semi-auto pistols I've got. Its in 7.62x25, a necked down cartridge that is also used in machine guns/machine pistols. The design is a Russian copy of both the Colt and Browning auto. Being French he probably was trying to figure out which end of the pistol the bullets came out of and pulled the trigger at the same time.
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Re: Frenchman Commits Suicide by Shooting Himself in Guestho
Lol @ the last bit.Sailorman wrote:The pistol looks a little rough, probably a tuk-tuk/street buy. I bought a brand new one of those about 20 years ago in America ($100. with holster/belt) and have it in my collection in the US. Its one of the best shooting semi-auto pistols I've got. Its in 7.62x25, a necked down cartridge that is also used in machine guns/machine pistols. The design is a Russian copy of both the Colt and Browning auto. Being French he probably was trying to figure out which end of the pistol the bullets came out of and pulled the trigger at the same time.
I'll give ya 500 Riel for it...
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Re: Frenchman Commits Suicide by Shooting Himself in Guestho
It must be a nice hotel if the guests can fire off handguns without the hotel complaining.
Re: Frenchman Commits Suicide by Shooting Himself in Guestho
I wonder if it was a standard single shot suicide or a special Cambodian style double head shot suicide.
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Re: Frenchman Commits Suicide by Shooting Himself in Guestho
Wasn't there a '3 in the chest suicide' a few months back - or was that Thailand ?
Re: Frenchman Commits Suicide by Shooting Himself in Guestho
oh very sad.. perhaps I knew him from seeing ?
I stayed there too, some 6 months or so...
I stayed there too, some 6 months or so...
Re: Frenchman Commits Suicide by Shooting Himself in Guestho
dunno what its now, but with the Japanese construction and others around, till summer you wouldn't hear your own word there..KickingWithRedLabel wrote:It must be a nice hotel if the guests can fire off handguns without the hotel complaining.
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Re: Frenchman Commits Suicide by Shooting Himself in Guestho
This shooting suicide was obviously the result of heart attack.
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Re: Frenchman Commits Suicide by Shooting Himself in Guestho
^ while falling.
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