Thief gunned down, officer hurt in heist
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A robber was extrajudicially killed after he had robbed a gold shop inside a supermarket in Bangkok's Min Buri district and shot and injured a policeman.
Two robbers robbed 200 baht weight of gold from Aurora gold shop at Big C, Sukhapiban 3 branch. One of them had a gunfight with Police Senior Sergeant Major Chieochan Charoensiri, 39 and fled away. Another with a bag containing the gold who fled a robbery scene later was shot dead by Chieochan. An eyewitness said the dead robber whose named is unknown shot the policeman twice before trying to escape.
Chieochan was rushed to Navaminthra 9 Hospital and later admitted to Police General Hospital. He is safe.
In related news, four robbers, who robbed Saeng Thong Suk gold shop in Khlong San district of Bangkok and shot and injured the shop’s owners on December 2, have been arrested.
Metropolitan Police Bureau Commissioner Pol Lt Gen Winai Thongsong told a press conference yesterday that police had arrested Yothin Saekang, 25, Natthawan Thangsirikulphorn, 19, Satawat Meemaidee, 20 and Theeraphon Saenghirun, 19.
Winai said the arrest was done following the information given by people in Nong Yai community on Phetkasem Road in Bang Khae district of Bangkok. Satawat and Theeraphon were arrested there while Yothin and Natthawan were held in Nakhon Sawan.
The suspects will face accusations of attempted murder, using gun for robbery, carrying a gun in public without permission and shooting gun in public.
In another criminal news, police knew the name of a suspect who shot motorists travelling on Ratchadapisek Road on December 23 night but will not tell the public now. He is a noncommissioned police officer at Protection and Crowd Control Division of Metropolitan Police Bureau. They have headed to his hometown in Songkhla to search for the suspect.
