Eight dead in home attack in Songkhla

Eight people were killed by unknown gunmen who stormed into the home of a prominent doctor in Songkhla province, but officials said the murders were unrelated to the insurgency in the region.

Suthathip Thammachart, the director of a hospital in Songkhla province, and seven friends visiting her home were killed in the attack around midnight on Saturday, police said.

They said the reason for the attack was still under investigation. The health ministry, however, said it was confident that insurgents were not involved.

"The shooting was not related with violence in nearby provinces, a lover's quarrel or hospital management," the ministry's deputy permanent secretary Pipat Yingseree said in a statement issued in Bangkok.

Insurgents have been active in Songkhla province, although most of the southern violence is in the three provinces below Songkhla. In any case, Suthathip's home was in an area where insurgents have not previously operated. Bangkok post

It never ceases to amaze me how obtuse the local constabulary can be at times.

Eight people murdered, bit it wasn't a lover's quarrel, that's unusual. Nothing to do with the hospital where the owner of the house worked, unusual again. Definitely nothing to do with the ongoing violence in the southern provinces as.....Suthathip's home was in an area where insurgents have not previously operated. Top marks for deduction

Give them (the police) a few days and they will find the murder/ sucide weapon, and maybe a few missing items on some luckless drugger (accused). This will happen after a reward has been put out, for them to claim, to supplement their meger pay. Some of the insights and deductions made by the BIB are on par with some of the recent proposals which we see by like thinking notable people. It must have something to do with drinking the water in LOS.

Condolences to the family and friends of the victims.

It's reassuring to know that the police seem to know what the murders weren't caused by.

They might want to check with immigration, maybe Charles Manson was recently paroled and is here!

Hey, don't worry; the BiB'll soon get 'em. I mean, just look at the all the progress that's been made re the 2006/7 New Years bombing...