Policeman, 14-year-old son shot dead in Pattani
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Pattani - A police senior sergeant major and his 14-year-old son were killed a drive-by shooting on their way to the son's school Tuesday morning.
Pol Sen Sgt Maj Sathaporn Kongput, 51, and Patcharapol Kongput, 14, were killed on Tha Sadet Road in Tambon Taluban in Saiburi district.
Sathaporn was riding his motorcycle to send his son to the Decha Pattanayanukul School wat 7:30 am when assailants on a pick-up truck caught up with them and opened fire at them.
An assailant then jumped off the pick-up truck and fired at Sathaporn’s head at pointblank.
The assailants fled on the truck with the policeman’s pistol, a mobile phone and motorcycle.
The Nation
