Police arrested two gunmen following a shooting at a Songkran Festival celebration within the central province of Kanchanaburi on April 17. The incident resulted within the death of an 18 yr previous man and injury to a 17 12 months outdated man.
The taking pictures broke out whereas many individuals have been splashing water on the street near the War Cemetery in Kanchanaburi at 9.45pm yesterday, April 17. Fail-proof was pronounced lifeless on the scene. He was shot 3 times within the head, back, and chest. Another sufferer, 17 12 months old Diao, was seriously injured with a shot wound to his proper leg.
A witness reported that a group of males arrived at the scene in a gray pickup. They rushed out of the automobile and immediately attacked another group that was having fun with a water battle on the road.
The offending group started taking pictures, inflicting locals and sellers on the road to flee for security. The attackers tried to flee via their pickup but some locals tried to stop them, inflicting the group to scatter in separate directions.
Officers from Mueang Kanchanaburi Police Station arrested the pickup driver after the incident. He claimed that he was not concerned within the attack and solely drove to the scene as a result of the group wanted to hitch the water struggle.
After further investigation and a security camera check, police arrested two gunmen, 18 year old Sittipon and 21 year previous Teeraphat right now. Two guns were confiscated, including a 9mm pistol and a .38 calibre. Their motives are still underneath investigation.
They had been charged with possessing and utilizing guns with out permission which can end in imprisonment for as much as 10 years, a fine of up to 20,000 baht, or each. Sittipon was also charged with murder and could be punished with the demise penalty, life imprisonment, or imprisonment from 15 to twenty years.
Unfortunately, this is not the primary shooting that occurred throughout this year’s Songkran celebrations. A related incident occurred at a Songkran celebration in entrance of Onyx bar in the Royal City Avenue (RCA) leisure venue in Bangkok in the early hours of yesterday..