Two more men held for fatal gang attack in Kanchanaburi

The vicious attack – which led to the death of Krissada On-nom, 19, and serious injuries to his friend Peerapong Reungchan, 22 – was captured by a CCTV camera and the footage widely shared on social media in Thailand.
Nitinai “Moss” Watcharanuthat, 24, and Chainuwat Rodpai, 23, were arrested while laying low in an abandoned house near a golf course in Tha Muang district, Pol Lt-General Chanthep Sesavej, the head of Police Provincial Region 7, said at a press conference yesterday in Nakhon Pathom. He said the duo confessed to the crime.
Police later identified Nitinai as the person who hit the victim with a statue.
Police had already taken four others sought for the fatal attack into custody.
Tinha Thewakul, 21, and Paisal Chanmethakulwat, 20, were arrested after the incident while alleged gang leader Pongwit Thepkawira, 22, surrendered later.
And on Sunday, another 18-year-old suspect, who allegedly beat Krissada with a baseball bat, turned himself in to police while accompanied by his mother.
The 18-year-old told police he didn’t know the victims but joined the attack with his friends, as they thought the victims were members of a rival group.
The mother said she watched the video of the attack only once, and was shocked and very sorry for what her son and his friends did. She said she and her husband, a police officer, had two school-age sons – one was the suspect and the other a boy aged 13.
“I couldn’t believe that my son would cruelly attack other people like this,” she said.
She believed they may have been drinking alcohol and she apologised to the victims’ families.