Thread: Four men shot dead at a school in Nakhon Si Thammarat

Four people were shot dead in the compound of a school in Chiang Yai district of Nakhon Si Thammarat province this morning.

The victims were identified by police as Kriangkrai Chumthong, Somchai Homkhao, Thawat Buakamthong and Preecha Iadkaew.

Police said that Kriangkrai was on bail on charges of the murder two years ago of the family Tambon Khao Chumthong mayor and the case was still pending with the court.

Police assumed that the victims and at least three assailants had a meeting to discuss probably some conflict at the school as bottles of whisky and glasses were found at the scene.

The victims, said police, were always armed but on today they were however disarmed by the assailants.

After the failed meeting, the assailants opened fire at the four victims with an assortment of weapons, including an M16 assault rifle, said the police.

Four men shot dead at a school in Nakhon Si Thammarat - Thai PBS English News

Including an M16 assault rifle...... WTF.

The gun totting thugs had their guns removed and were slaughtered by M16s - could this be army related?

the victims were on bail for murder charges, yet know by the police to be regularly carrying arms.

jungle monkeys. all of them.

Must be nice to be able to gather bail on a murder charge while known to all to carry weaponry.

^

its things like this that make Thailand such a fair, civilised and forward thinking society envied by the rest of the world.