A Thai man has reportedly taken his own child hostage at Phubodin Pittayalai School in the Lang Suan district of Chum Phon province in the southern part of Thailand.

 

ThaiRath reported that a Thai man entered a school with a rifle at around 7am today, looking for his child. Once he found his child, both left the school together. Officers from Lang Suan Police Station arrived at the scene and tried to persuade the man to surrender and release the child.

 

Nawit Chinaburarat, the school’s director, affirmed that all students are safe, as teachers strictly followed security protocols to protect all of them. Nawit revealed that the man had threatened a teacher with his rifle when he could not find his child but seemed to relax once his child appeared and agreed to leave with him. Nawit speculated that the incident might have resulted from some misunderstandings.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo via Spring News

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/breaking-man-takes-his-child-hostage-at-school-in-southern-thailand

 

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where's the sniper when you need him ....

36 minutes ago, steven100 said:

where's the sniper when you need him ....

Ease up its the daily Poker game at the station

Thai man high on Yaba mistakenly fears Burmese army invasion, kidnaps son
by Petch Petpailin
 

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A Thai man reportedly under the influence of Yaba (methamphetamine) confessed to police that he had rushed to pick up his son from a school in the southern province of Chumphon due to a false belief that a Burmese army had invaded Thailand.

 

The man, identified as 29 year old Jirapong Janthong, had taken a rifle with him into Phubodin Pittayalai School, sparking a hostage situation yesterday.

Around 7.45am, Jirapong entered the school premises and searched for his eight year old son. Just ten minutes later, he left the school with his son in his Mitsubishi Pajero SUV, causing a frantic search effort by officers from Lang Suan Police Station. After more than five hours, the pair arrived home, which was approximately 2 kilometres away from the police station.

 

Jirapong’s older brother and mother arrived at the house to negotiate with him, urging him to release the boy and surrender the weapon. His brother managed to calm Jirapong during a ten-minute conversation, eventually persuading him to relinquish the rifle, which was subsequently handed over to the police. Officers apprehended Jirapong and safely retrieved his son.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/thai-man-high-on-yaba-mistakenly-fears-burmese-army-invasion-kidnaps-son

 

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1 hour ago, webfact said:

After more than five hours, the pair arrived home,

Must have zig-zagged all the way home trying to evade the Myanmar army snipers in the front line

Ya baa?  I thought we had to blame everything on cannabis now?  lol!