Three shot dead in Ayutthaya
Gunmen in a pickup truck opened fire on a group of motorcycleriding teenagers and young adults in Ayutthaya's Uthai district yesterday morning, leaving three people dead, including the son of Han Ta Pao Tambon Administrative Organisation (TAO)'s president
Following the shooting on Rojana Road at 4.30am, police found the bodies of the TAO president’s son, Nanthapol Hongthong, 20, who was just married on March 10, and his friend Chanachai Yoothes, 18, near a petrol station. Another friend, aged 15, was pronounced dead at a local hospital and found to be carrying 10 “ya ba” tablets, while another friend aged 15 was seriously injured.
Chanachai’s relative Chanachol Wangmeechop, 21, said they were riding motorcycles in a group from a night club to their homes in Wang Noi district when a bronze Nissan Navara pickup truck with Sakura flower stickers came up from behind and a person in the truck opened fire on them.
Police suspected the attack stemmed from a dispute with other youngsters or a dispute over an illegal business.
