A British tourist has died of a heart attack while he was watching strippers in a Thai red light district.
The man in his 60s, who has not been named, had been at the packed bar on Wednesday night in Soi Cowboy, Bangkok.
Witnesses said he was sitting next to the stage when he started messing around with a police baton toy made of foam.
He is said to have waved it around in excitement – before his ‘head froze’ and he fell face floor onto the tiled floor.
Bar staff ran over and started performing CPR but the holidaymaker was pronounced dead at the scene.
One girl working at a venue on the red light district – which was busy with tourists who had arrived for Thai new year – said: ‘The man was like everybody else. He was just sitting next to the stage. He was enjoying himself.
‘There was a toy, like a police baton. He was playing with it and then boom. His head stopped. He fell forwards and his face hit the ground.’
Staff initially thought the Brit had suffered a seizure but medics later said they believed he had suffered a heart attack.
Sources at the bar said CCTV showed the man sitting next to the stage area watching the dancers when he collapsed forward.
The man’s body was taken to hospital for a post mortem examination and the British Embassy in Bangkok was informed.
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