Policeman nabbed for shooting motorists in Bangkok

Police arrested a suspended police officer for allegedly shooting and wounding many motorists on Ratchadapisek Road on December 23.

Police Lance Corporal Thirayu Phetmeekha, 28, was nabbed in his home town in Songkhla province, the media were told yesterday. He has allegedly confessed that he got drunk after attending a wedding party in Bangkok’s Huai Khwang district, and that after quarrelling with a friend there, he tried to chase and shoot him down. However, he said, he could not find his friend and instead shot at other vehicles in anger.

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