9 hours ago, darksidedog said:

And for that killed his own children? And the rest of his wifes family? Ye Gods, that is just awful, and at a New Years celebration too, when good will to everyone is supposed to be the order of the day.. The only good news in the whole tragedy is that he killed himself too. Saves the state paying for this oxygen thiefs upkeep in jail for the next twenty years or so.

RIP the innocent victims here.

Damn straight Dark Doggy! What a frigging anal waste of good oxygen!! cowardly exit from a brutal act of in humanity!!!!!!! may he rot in Hell!!!!!!!!!!!

9 hours ago, BritManToo said:

How do they know that?

He shot himself before they arrived.

Duh, they evidently had other witnesses....

8 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

mental illness and firearms are a bad mix, add alcohol and it just blows up....

Yes and don't forget the Ya Ba....frigging scourge of the earth....such a tragic waste of lives..

He was ki mouw or badly intoxicated, which was probably the reason why the family in law made comments and angered him.

Again, a gun in reach .....but whatever shooting his own kids is just about the worst that could happen........RIP to all victims!

Guns should not be handed out to anyone. Did he have permission to carry it ? 

 

 

 

 

 

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The authorities need to dispense nationwide mass,  free therapy sessions, on ego control....many people in Thailand seem to really need it....

 

 

Thai man kills six family members after New Year's party - police

 

Picture: Workpoint News

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai man shot and killed six family members, including his two young children, before killing himself after a New Year's party, the police said on Tuesday.

 

Sucheep Sornsung, 41, came home from the party and started to quarrel with his family before the shootings, the police said. The incident took place in southern Chumphon province.

 

The victims included his 6-year-old daughter and a 9-year-old, as well as two men and two women aged between 47 and 71, who were family members of Sucheep's wife, who survived. One man was injured and survived the shooting.

 

"The (suspect) went to a party with his friends then came home to see his wife's family and they started arguing before he used his gun to shoot them," Police Major General Saharat Saksilapachai, commander of Chumphon provincial police, told Reuters.

 

"According to witnesses, the man did not drink a lot and we suspect that his rage came from old problems with his wife's family," Saharat said.

 

The police said Sucheep had a drug-related criminal record and had previously been jailed but there was no history of violence against his family.

 

Thailand has a high rate of gun ownership and gun-related death, but mass shootings are rare.

 

According to 2016 data from the University of Washington, Thailand had the highest reported rate of gun-related deaths out of 10 countries in Asia. It was about 50 percent higher than the Philippines, which was second on the list.

 

According to Thailand's Interior Ministry, there are more than 6 million registered firearms in the country of 69 million people. But there are also many unregistered guns in circulation.

 

(Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um; Editing by Neil Fullick)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-01-02

 

 

Multiple killings, suicide at New Year party in Chumphon

By Prasit Leelahakhunakorn 
The Nation

 

Thinnakorn Onmuk (R)

 

A 41-year-old Thai man shot dead six relatives including his two children aged 6 and 9 before turning the gun on himself during a countdown party at their home in Chumphon's Pato district on Monday night.

Thinnakorn Onmuk

 

Police were alerted to the shootings at 00.20am and, along with forensic officers and rescue workers, rushed to the scene – a house in Tambon Pato, the front section of which serves as a salon. There they discovered the bodies of Wichit Nakhlod, 50, Ratchaporn Onmuk, 50, and Ngud Onmuk, 71, among fallen tables and chairs with food and drinks inside the salon and further in the house, found the bodies of Pakamard Onmuk, 47, Chananthida Sornsang, 6, and Kasidit Sornsang, 9. Thinnakorn Onmuk, 33, who sustained a gunshot wound to the stomach, was rushed to Pato Hospital. 

 

The body of the gunman, Sucheep Sornsang, 41, was found in a bedroom with a single gunshot to the head suggesting he had committed suicide after shooting his relatives dead with a 9mm pistol.

Thinnakorn told police that they were having a New Year party at the house when Sucheep, his brother-in-law, turned up. He was drunk and started complaining that he had never accepted by the family even though he had helped them and wanted to settle the matter once for all.

Sucheep then pulled out the gun and shot the relatives. 

 

 

Thinnakorn said he pretended to be dead after being hit in the stomach while Sucheep went into the bedroom where he committed suicide.

 

Deputy provincial governor Somporn Patchimphetch, who inspected the scene at 1.30am told reporters that the murders appeared to have been committed in a fit of rage. He added that Sucheep - who was married to the family’s other daughter Boonnyanuch Sornsang, 37, was resentful at the family’s alleged hostility towards him. Boonnyanuch was not present at the party.

 

Somporn said Sucheep was released in November from the Nakhon Si Thammarat Prison where he had been jailed for three years for attempted murder. It was reported that he was unemployed, often drunk and had on many occasions threatened to kill the family.

 

Police will continue to investigate and will also interview Boonyanuch.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/around_thailand/30361428

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-01-02

OK <deleted> up world and getting worse. Thailand becoming USA in this way? I'm not shocked anymore, as it happens anywhere, more and more. 

18 hours ago, BritManToo said:

How do they know that?

He shot himself before they arrived.

Extensive and careful analysis of the crime scene as always applied by the BIB, their findings are always infallible. Seems you are unaware of the high level of crystal ball gazing that these guys are trained to carry out. 

This is why there is a need for proper gun laws, to stop crazy and unstable people from getting their hands on guns!

18 hours ago, stanleycoin said:

Shame his dead.

Someone could have got some pliers on him first.

Killing kids,  you selfish disgusting pig.

 

RIP to the family.

 

 

It’s a very sad story but I find your comment repulsive.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Sucheep was released in November from the Nakhon Si Thammarat Prison where he had been jailed for three years for attempted murder.

Like a ticking time bomb... 
It 'exploded' during the fireworks - hell of a timing.

I'm lost for words, just told the staff in my office, that put a dampener on the day ... tragic .... RIP all .... except the silly B. who did the deed !

Only in Thailand? NO! - In any country without serious gun control.

 

..and as for the police statement as to motive - wouldn't it be better to wait for a coroner's report??

Sad to see an every day American style family tragedy in Thailand.

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33 minutes ago, Kasset Tak said:

This is why there is a need for proper gun laws, to stop crazy and unstable people from getting their hands on guns!

There are proper gun laws in Thailand but unfortunately they're not enforced and most people don't give a shit anyway.

The place is awash  with guns-and has a long history of violence.

 

Those that deny it are,quite simply,nuts.

New Year’s Eve, do you suppose alcohol was involved??

seems premeditated since he was carrying the gun but maybe alcohol gave him the mental state required to pull the trigger.

happens all too often here, save your face by killing others and putting a bullet in your head.

RIP to the little ones, but this man just did us all a favour by removing all his genes from the gene pool.

43 minutes ago, Kasset Tak said:

This is why there is a need for proper gun laws, to stop crazy and unstable people from getting their hands on guns!

Laws wont stop crazies, thats why they are crazy

What's wrong with this picture? Let's go to the in-laws for New Year's dinner. OK wait, let me get my gun.  

Where is this, the United States!? 
Absolutely disgusting, heinous, insane and irrational behaviour. RIP to everyone harmed by this moronic man 

Hmm..... maybe he’s been watching too many news channels covering mass killings in the USA(monkey see monkey do?)

19 hours ago, Tradewind777 said:

Sad to concur with this but my god it’s so true. Thai males seem to me to all be total a/holes and this one the biggest of the lot. 

Yep. ISIS males on the other hand are charming, courteous and always defer to their women. Oh the horror of Thailand. 

There are way more guns in the hands of complete morons here than just about anywhere. Short fuses, no self-control and BS 'saving face' receipt for disaster. RIP the Family.

19 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Lack of any effective law enforcement over the past 20 years or so has seen a proliferation of firearms, drugs etc. on a prolific scale. It seems that every Somchai and his dog are tooled up, which doesn't bode well for the future.

Like in the USA?

28 minutes ago, phyx1u5 said:

RIP to the little ones, but this man just did us all a favour by removing all his genes from the gene pool.

I suppose you want all people with mental illness killed as well?

7 minutes ago, FitnessHealthTravel said:

There are way more guns in the hands of complete morons here than just about anywhere. Short fuses, no self-control and BS 'saving face' receipt for disaster. RIP the Family.

I thought there were more in 'developed' countries like the USA.