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Road-rage Benz driver under fire
Montri Sakhun, a resident of Samrong village in Nong Song Hong district, said the incident occurred on Thursday when he drove his pickup truck to a local shop to renew his vehicle registration. The trouble started when he turned right into an area in front of the shop.
“Suddenly, a black Mercedes-Benz cut in front of my car. The driver, about 165cm tall with fair skin, got out of the sedan and walked toward me,” he told local reporters on Saturday. “The man punched me in the left temple and said I’d driven my vehicle to cut in front of his.
“I apologized to him even though I thought I was not wrong but I wanted the problem to end. I was also afraid that the man might have a weapon. The man asked me to get out of my pickup to prostrate myself in front of his mother, who was sitting in the Benz. I did what he asked. The woman told me that she was slightly hurt in her forehead. I apologized to her and left.
“But the man did not stop. He said he would kill me if I was not old. The incident happened in full view of the shop staff, but nobody dared to intervene for fear of being assaulted.”
After the incident, he phoned his children to tell them what had happened and later gathered video evidence from the security camera installed in front of the shop to file a complaint with the Nong Song Hong police.
Warut Meeta, 31, a grandson of Mr Montri, asked police to make the Mercedes-Benz driver answer for what he had done. His family would not compromise over the incident, he said.
An image from a security video shows the Mercedes-Benz driver asking an elderly man to apologize to his mother sitting in the car.
Source: Road-rage Benz driver under fire
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Police chain suspects doors and windows until next morning
On August 9, A man attacked an officer, took his gun, and fled to his house in Plang Yao District, Chachoengsao Province. The officer then tried to persuade him to surrender for more than 6 hours but still failed.
Later at 6:00 pm, Plangyao Police Station decided to send 50 officers from a special operations unit in Chachoengsao Province.
The standoff lasted until 11:00 p.m. and the villain still showed no signs of surrendering.
So, they decided to chain his doors and windows preventing him from escaping until the next day rather than risk any of the officers or even the suspect’s life.
Meanwhile, the Royal Thai Police in Chachoengsao Province started to process a search warrant for the next morning after leaving a couple of police officers to watch the house.
Later, Col. Sonthaya revealed that the perpetrator was named Mr. Anon, 45, at the house in Tha Bunmi Subdistrict, Koh Chan District, Chonburi Province, who went into a drunken methamphetamine rampage and destroyed his neighbor’s ricefields.
Police tried to intervene but Mr. Anont took a gun from Officer Or Sor and ran away. Mr. Anon’s daughter also reported his unusual behavior saying he was showing signs of aggressive behavior telling officers to exercise caution especially since he had a gun.
Police hope he will surrender after bringing a search warrant after the drugs wear off. To be continued……..
Later, it was reported that the suspect had escaped through the back of his house prior to officers boarding up his doors and windows. Police then conducted a search of the house and did not find the stolen gun. Police are still searching for the armed and dangerous suspect now.
Source and photos: https://www.khaosod.co.th/breaking-news/news_4678351
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2 Thai embassies hit by Covid-19 outbreaks
Thai embassies hit by Covid-19: Staff members of Thai embassies in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have contracted the novel coronavirus, according to the Foreign Ministry. The embassy in Manama reported that a foreign employee suffering mild symptoms tested positive for Covid-19, ministry spokesman Cherdkiat Atthakor said on Sunday.
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‘Sick’ policeman jumps to his death from hospital
A policeman in Si Sa Ket province who suffered from mental illness reportedly killed himself on Saturday (August 8) by jumping out of the hospital building. The deceased, Suwaroj Khumthong, 53, was a police officer at Muang Chan Police Station who was admitted to Sisaket Hospital due to his mental condition.
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