An assistant district officer of Phayao province was injured and arrested after he tried to rob a goldshop in Phayao’s municipal area and shot the owner’s wife.

According to witnesses, Mr Chaisit Kittipong, an assistant district officer of Mae Jai district, walked into Asia goldshop in the municipal area, where three women, including Mrs Nutjaree Sutthikulbut, the wife of the owner, were tending to the shop.

Chaisit then drew out his pistol and ordered the three women to hand him the gold ornaments in the display counter. However, the three women resisted the robbery and fought back.

In the course of the fistfight, a shot rang out hitting Mrs Nutjaree. One of the women smashed Chaisit’s hed with a wooden club and they finally subdued him before the arrival of the police.

Police said they were yet to find out what motivated the officer to rob the goldshop.

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