Prime Suspect Still on the Run After Six Deaths in Surat Thani Including Suspect’s Family Members

[webfact]

Attaporn caught on CCTV when he opened fire

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

Surat Thani – Police are still hunting for a prime suspect after six people including the prime suspect’s son and wife were shot dead in the Khiri Rat Nikhom district.

 

The Region 8 Police commander Lieutenant General Surapong Thanomjit told the Phuket Express that on Saturday (April 8th) four people were found dead at a Khiri Rat Nikhom house who were Mr. Thammarong Nilniyom, 61, the house owner and the former village headman, Mrs. Nilthip Pankachen, 48, who was Mr. Thammarong’s wife, Mr. Phonsak Petchchoo, 58, a former village headman, and Mr. Thammrat Wichean.

 

One of the gunmen was later identified as Senior Sergeant Major Attaporn Wichean who is in the Khiri Rat Nikhom Police Force. Mr. Thammarat Wichean, who was Attaporn’s brother, was with the gunman but he was shot dead when one of the three deceased victims fought back at the house. Mr. Thammarong Nilniyom was also Attaporn’s father-in-law, the father of his current wife.

 

On Sunday (April 9th) another dead body with a gunshot wound in his head was found inside a sedan at the Baan Takhun district in Surat Thani. The sedan was a vehicle that the suspects used. The body was later identified as Mr. Attaphon Wichean Jr., 25, who was Attaporn’s son from his former wife.

 

On Monday (April 10th) another body was found at a room at a resort in the Khiri Rat Nikhom district.

 

Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2023/04/11/prime-suspect-still-on-the-run-after-six-deaths-in-surat-thani-including-suspects-family-members/

 

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[Bangkok Barry]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

One of the gunmen was later identified as Senior Sergeant Major Attaporn Wichean who is in the Khiri Rat Nikhom Police Force

Another rogue policeman? Surely not. If he's not careful he could be charged with tarnishing the good name of the force.

[hotchilli]

Seems to have been some bad history