Poacher accidentally shoots brother dead in Chiang Mai

By The Nation 

 

A man poaching in a Chiang Mai forest mistook his elder brother for a wild animal and shot him dead.

 

Siwan Suwinawe, 38, walked out of the forest near the village of Ban Omlong in Tambon Mae Sob, Samoeng district, at 2am Wednesday and turned himself in to police.

 

He asked them to retrieve the body of his brother, Kasem Suwinawe, 40.

 

Siwan said he and his brother had gone hunting on Tuesday evening but split up.

 

He spotted what he believed to be a large animal crawling through the brush and fired one round. There was the sound of a human crying in pain. Siwan found his brother fatally wounded, and he died soon after.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30341930

 

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This is the feel-good story of the day, thank you.

It could have been worse...

It could have been a black panther....

Idiots with guns, what a bad also common combination.

Hope the Police do some investigation , to see whether there was any disagreements between them , any inheritance or loan issues

It will be interesting to see how this case fares in comparison with that other high profile hunting case. Chalk and cheese I would reckon.

Now no wildlife here left to kill time to start on each other.

So he knew his brother was also in the forest and didn't think to identify properly what he was shooting at. highly suspicious IMO

2 hours ago, webfact said:

He spotted what he believed to be a large animal crawling through the brush and fired one round.

 

Good shot - bad hunter.

 

This is a clear case of the revenge of the buck  .  .  .  Rambi !

5 minutes ago, Inepto Cracy said:

This is a clear case of the revenge of the buck  .  .  .  Rambi !

reminded me of that crocodile dundee scene with the kangaroo skippy

Hope that teaches him a lesson for his lifetime

This is the third similar incident in two weeks! First the Hmong villager who shot his friend when he mistook him for a chicken... then the man in Loei who killed his friend who he mistook for a civet. At least a "large animal" sounds a bit more plausible... 

Unbelievable, unresponsible

shooting at everething that's moving

So, what large animals roam that forest? I also hope the BIB do a bit of investigating and thought into this shooting.

Some mothers do have them 

A man accidentally kills his brother while poaching. Turns himself in. Tragic.

Maybe he was hungry. Don't know as there is not enough information.

Lots of jokes about it here though. RIP and condolences to the family.

 

5 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

So, what large animals roam that forest? I also hope the BIB do a bit of investigating and thought into this shooting.

Boys in bathers dont do investigating.

No Burmese deers around and no garden hoes nor dna found.  There was soup,  or was that the brothers blood? 

On 3/28/2018 at 12:33 PM, HLover said:

This is the feel-good story of the day, thank you.

yeah i saw the headline and said to myself... wow finally some good news as i excitedly clicked the link to read the juicy details!

On 3/28/2018 at 1:07 PM, sanemax said:

Hope the Police do some investigation , to see whether there was any disagreements between them , any inheritance or loan issues

And from what distance and direction the shot was fired.

The shooter knew that his brother was somewhere nearby, the "large animal" excuse doesn't hold unless he has an IQ in the single digits.

5 hours ago, arithai12 said:

And from what distance and direction the shot was fired.

The shooter knew that his brother was somewhere nearby, the "large animal" excuse doesn't hold unless he has an IQ in the single digits.

And come to think of it, these stories of hunters accidentally shooting humans, seems to rather frequent

On 3/28/2018 at 5:30 AM, Happy enough said:

reminded me of that crocodile dundee scene with the kangaroo skippy

oh shit that was a funny scene with the critter shooting back.