Body of teen biker suspected to have been pushed into Nakhon Ratchasima canal found

By THE NATION

 

Photo: Hook31 Pak Thong Chai

 

The dead body of a 16-year-old boy was found in an irrigation canal next to an ice factory in Nok Ork subdistrict of Nakhon Ratchasima province.

 

Pak Thong Chai Police Station were alerted to the case at 2.45pm on Thursday.

 

Officials fished out the body of the teenager later identified as Worawut Jibkrathok, a local of Choke Chai district. The deceased had multiple injuries all over the body. The body was sent to Pak Thong Chai hospital for autopsy to determine the cause of death.

 

Photo: Hook31 Pak Thong Chai

 

Police interviewed the deceased’s friend, who is also 16 years old and asked to remain anonymous. The teen told police that he and Worawut were returning home on November 3 on a motorcycle ridden by the deceased after their night out in Pak Thong Chai district.

 

Suddenly a group of men riding motorcycles chased them down and pushed their bike into the irrigation canal. “After I fell in the canal I swam to the other bank and asked for help from local villagers who sent me to a hospital, while the plight of Worawut was unknown at the moment,” he said. “I called the police and rescue staff to help find him the next day.”

 

Police are interviewing witnesses to identify the suspects.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30397443

 

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OMG! Way too young to go.

What a senseless killing.

RIP, young lad.

R.I.P.

 

I'm not looking for to join the TV sleuth club but doesn't it seem strange that the friend would wait until the next day to alert the police?

6 hours ago, webfact said:

“After I fell in the canal I swam to the other bank and asked for help from local villagers who sent me to a hospital, while the plight of Worawut was unknown at the moment,” he said. “I called the police and rescue staff to help find him the next day.”

One would have thought telling the locals that your friend was also in the canal might have been a better idea.

Hanging on to what some reporter writes is often misleading....he said he called the police, he never said when just that it helped the police find the body the next day

 

 

19 hours ago, hotchilli said:

One would have thought telling the locals that your friend was also in the canal might have been a better idea.

I would have thought common sense would alert you to the fact the locals and the hospital would ask him what happened..........where the hell does it say he never told them about his friend DUH!!!!!