By AP and published by Euronews A MYANMAR junta fighter jet crashed and burned in Myanmar on Tuesday (June 10) in an area that has seen intense fighting during the civil war, with one rebel group claiming to have shot it down while state-run media said it had suffered a mechanical failure. The aircraft
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Green light to fire at drug dealer who shot dead police officer
AROUND 200 police officers from various units are hunting for a drug dealer who shot dead their colleague just as he approached his hut in the middle of a rubber plantation in Loei province with permission given to open fire at him in self-defence if a gunfight breaks out, Amarin TV said this evening
Read moreArrest warrant out for hired gun who shot dead former Cambodian MP in Bangkok
THE Criminal Court this morning (Jan. 8) approved a warrant for the arrest of a hired gun who goes by the name “Sergeant Em Kongruea” on the charges of killing former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya, 74, in the heart of Bangkok last evening, Amarin TV and TV Channel 7 said. Chana Songkhram police
Read moreOff-duty policeman fatally shot while trying to stop a fight
AN off-duty Crime Suppression Division policeman was shot seven times and later died at the hospital after intervening in a fight between a foreigner and a Thai mechanic at Bangkok’s Sai Mai district last night (Jan. 3), Amarin TV said. At around 8 p.m., a police team from Sai Mai station rushed to the
Read moreTrump shot in ear at campaign rally after major security lapse
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Butler, Pennsylvania – Donald Trump was shot in the ear during a campaign rally on Saturday (July 13) after a major security lapse, an attack that will likely reshape this year’s presidential race and fuel long-standing fears that the campaign could descend into political violence. In the moments
Read moreTrump is safe, Secret Service says after shots ring out at rally
By Reuters and published by SwissInfo.ch Butler, Pennsylvania – Donald Trump was safe, the US Secret Service said on Saturday (July 13) after multiple shots rang out at a rally by the Republican presidential candidate in Pennsylvania as video showed Trump grimacing and raising his right hand to his right. “The Secret Service has
Read moreUpdate: Policeman admits he killed a Myanmar man at hospital
A POLICEMAN has surrendered and confessed to killing a Myanmar man who was waiting to undergo surgery at Khon Kaen Hospital where his father was also recuperating from an illness and had complained of being disturbed by him, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (June 8). Pol. Maj. Gen. Anuwat Suvarnabhumi, commander of Khon Kaen
Read morePolice up reward to catch killer who gunned down Myanmar worker at hospital
POLICE increased the reward for information leading to the capture of a man who shot dead a young Myanmar worker at Khon Kaen Hospital to 50,000 baht while confident he will be arrested soon, Thai Rath newspaper said last evening (June 7). At 5.30 p.m. Pol. Maj. Gen. Noppakao Somanus, commander of Provincial Police
Read morePoliceman, pregnant wife shot dead by oil smuggling gang
A POLICEMAN and his six-month pregnant wife were shot dead while trying to arrest members of an oil smuggling gang with two later rounded up while the third one is being chased, Amarin TV said this morning (May 13). Pol. Sgt. Maj. Sakon Banlu, 43, head of a platoon at Amnat Charoen provincial police,
Read moreBig drug trafficker shot dead in clash with police
A MAJOR drug trafficker with three warrants issued for his arrest was shot dead in a clash with police at his house Nakhon Si Thammarat during which he flung a grenade at them, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Mar. 6). A Provincial Police Region 8 team found out that the unidentified drug dealer
Read moreTaiwanese man stole car before being shot dead at Suvarnabhumi Airport road
A TAIWANESE man who was shot dead at an abandoned restaurant on Suvarnabhumi Airport road 4 had before his death stolen a car in Pattaya with a fellow countryman, TV Channel 7 and Thai Rath newspaper said today (Feb 26). Pattaya police station said on Saturday afternoon a Taiwanese woman, Ms. Aiju, 33, filed
Read morePanel to probe 1,500 state projects ex-village headman obtained
A COMMITTEE is being set up to investigate over 1,500 state projects worth more than 7.5 billion baht that a former village headman who has been arrested after a policeman was shot dead at a party in his house obtained, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Sep. 14). Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen.
Read moreUpdate: 4 policemen face arrest in colleague’s murder
A HIGH-RANKING police officer said this afternoon (Sep. 9) that forensic examination of the pistol used to kill a policeman at a party in a former village headman’s house in Nakhon Pathom showed it is a police weapon and four police officers who were among several others who attended the event face arrest, Amarin
Read moreFormer village headman ‘ordered policeman shot dead in the middle of the party’: Police
CRIME SUPPRESSION Division (CSD) police today (Sep. 9) told the Criminal Court during a bail hearing for former village headman Mr. Praween Chanklai, or Kamnan Nok, that the suspect had ordered his subordinate to kill a policeman in the middle of a party at his house attended by several other policemen, Naewna newspaper said.
Read more25 policemen who attended party where colleague was shot dead transferred
A TOTAL of 25 policemen who had attended a party given by a village headman in Mueang district of Nakhon Pathom province where their colleague, a highway police, was shot dead on Wednesday night (Sep. 6) were today (Sep. 8) transferred to national police headquarters, Matichon newspaper said this evening. Pol. Lt. Gen. Achayon
Read moreBig hunt for gunman who killed a policeman for refusing a transfer
POLICE are hunting for a gunman who shot dead a policeman and injured another after the former refused a village headman’s request to accept the transfer of a colleague during a dinner party at his house in Nakhon Pathom province last night (Sep. 6), Matichon newspaper said this morning. At 10 p.m. Pol. Lt.
Read moreEx-boyfriend critically injures kindergarten teacher
A JILTED man broke into a kindergarten in Nong Bua Lamphu province this afternoon (Mar. 1) and shot a female teacher twice in the chest and then ran away, Sanook.com said. The unidentified critically injured teacher, who is around 25-30 years old, was quickly taken by Naresuan rescuers to the hospital. Police from Nong
Read morePolice lieutenant general shot dead by wife
THE Thai police was in a state of shock after the wife of a police lieutenant general shot him dead during an argument at their house in Bangkok’s Thawi Watthana district at 3 p.m. today (Feb. 19), TV Channel 7 said. A police team from Thammasala station together with officers from the Forensic Science
Read moreDrug trafficker killed in shootout with police
A DRUG TRAFFICKER identified as a major distributor in several districts of Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi provinces was shot dead by narcotics police in a shootout as he was trying to flee his home in a pickup truck with police chasing him in their sedan yesterday afternoon, Matichon newspaper said this morning (August 18). The
Read moreEx-Japan PM Shinzo Abe shot while campaigning, in ‘very grave condition’
By Agencies, published by CNA Tokyo – Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot at a campaign event today (July 8), with public broadcaster NHK saying that a man armed with what appeared to be a homemade gun opened fire at him from behind. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Abe is in “very grave
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