Two Buddhist monks injured after whisky-fuelled knife fight over spirituality

Two Buddhist monks were injured last night when they had a whisky-fuelled knife fight following an argument about spirituality.



Suchat Puilor, 53, and fellow monk Wannop Rerngjai, 52, had finished pruning branches in the grounds of the temple in Ang Thong, Thailand, when they decided to buy liquor to celebrate the day's work.



But they started arguing about the best way to teach younger students the principles of Buddhism and how to organise temple activities before coming to blows on the wooden teak porch of their home in Ang Thong, Thailand.



Suchat allegedly returned moments later with the serrated-edged metal gardening blade and attacked his friend with it causing a bloodbath outside the hut.



The injured monk then grabbed his own gardening cutter as they grappled on the floor before the first monk fled.



Police were called and arrived at 11pm to find walking wounded Wannop with blood pouring from cuts on his head and back while Suchat had disappeared.