Noose tightens on mass-killer
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Sa Kaew police continued to hunt for Veera Wanjungreed, 26, who shot dead a male nurse and four karaoke bar workers on Thursday, after Winai Saengpakdi, who drove a truck for Veera on the night of the killings, said Veera had been hiding at a Khlong Hat v
Earlier, a villager tipped off police that Veera had been seen riding a motorcycle and carrying a backpack in Ban Pak Khum, Wattana Nakhon district, before heading to nearby Ban Chik.
The 100-strong police team, including a sniffer-dog unit, yesterday surrounded the two villages and nearby forest and found the suspect’s backpack but had yet to find Veera. His cell-phone signal indicated he was still in the cordoned-off area.
Meanwhile, Public Health Ministry inspector-general Thawatchai Kamoltham on Friday attended the funeral of nurse Nipon Montri, 22, and said the family would be entitled to assistance money, insurance payments and a posthumous raise totalling Bt1.37 million.
