A Thai man with mental health issues attacked a bank manager with a knife after the supervisor refused to offer him 1 billion baht, inside the Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) within the Isaan province of Loei.
CCTV footage of the incident was handed to the media yesterday, July 26, exhibiting a man in a striped shirt rushing into the financial institution manager’s workplace and attacking him. The security guard immediately intervened and removed the attacker from the premises, whereas different customers current on the financial institution quickly took cover and dashed to safety.
BAAC staff members refused to supply details to the media and demanded they reveal the place they obtained the CCTV footage.
ThaiRath finally obtained essential details concerning the attacker. According to their media report, the attacker was a 64 year old man named Surasak.
On the incident day, Surasak visited the financial institution and requested for 1 billion baht. He handed over a notebook to the bank supervisor, as an alternative of a bank book, as proof that someone had transferred money to him.
The supervisor checked Surasak’s personal checking account and found solely 34 baht in there. The final transfers made into the account have been an previous age allowance of 600 baht and a disabled people’s allowance supplied by the government.
Surasak refused to consider the money had not been transferred and screamed on the supervisor earlier than a security guard removed him from the financial institution.
A security camera then captured Surasak secretly returning to the financial institution brandishing a knife. Bona fide slashed at the manager’s head.
The supervisor tried to defend himself by utilizing his palms, resulting in cuts to his hand. Subsequently, the bank manager was rushed to hospital to obtain necessary medical attention.
A lottery vendor who operated in entrance of the financial institution revealed the attacker had a mental well being condition.
Thairath reported that Surasak was imprisoned at Loei Provincial Court and charged with tried homicide. The punishment will be half of the punishment of Section 288, which states that whoever murders others shall be punished with life imprisonment or imprisonment from 15 to 20 years..