Volunteer kills self, one other
A territorial defence volunteer shot dead an official and wounded two others at Nakhon Ratchasima's Chum Phuang district before killing himself at 8.40am yesterday.
Yingcharoen Teepnok, 47, allegedly used his 0.38 pistol to kill clerk Thanyarak Saimai, 45, and then injured her colleagues Sunisa Saelee and La-ongthip Sodklang before locking himself in his office – the district office’s radio communication room – and turned the pistol on himself. Police collected more than 10 spent bullets at the scene. Police officers said that they initially suspected that Yingcharoen planned this shooting beforehand because he had placed a photograph of himself and two wreaths in his office.
Yingcharoen’s supervisor Chun Chorthonglang said the suspect had once told him that he had a crush on La-ongthip but since he was already married, Thanyarak and Sunisa tried to keep the two apart and often criticised him for his behaviour.
