Aussies held over Thai shooting

Australians John Cohen, left and Adam Shea have been charged over the shooting in Phuket. Picture: Phuketwan.com
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This gun was photographed on a police desk as the Australians were interviewed. Picture: Phuketwan.com
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TWO Australian men with alleged links to an outlaw motorcycle gang have been arrested in Phuket over the shooting of two German tourists.

John Edward Cohen, 33, and Adam Lewis Shea, 26, were allegedly involved in an altercation with a Danish man over a motorbike at Patong Beach on Tuesday.

Johann Baschenegger, 41, and Joseph Woerner, 71, were wounded near the Baan Pirin Hotel about 7.45pm in Soi Sansabai, according to Thai news service Phuketwan.

Shea, believed to be from Sydney, was arrested at The Aussie Bar in Soi Bangla.

Cohen, reportedly a long-term expat who owns a hotel in Patong, was arrested in the OTOP bar sector off Rat-U-Tit 200 Pi Rd.

Police are questioning the men, believed to have links to either the Rebels or Bandidos motorcycle gangs, over the incident.

The shooting victims were taken to Patong Hospital.

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Aussies held over Thai shooting