The author of a shooting in Thailand killed with three deaths after barricading himself for 15 hours

March 23 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Thai authorities have killed a man responsible for a shooting that has left three dead and three other people injured, after barricading himself in a house in the Mueang district for 15 hours.

The 29-year-old man, identified as Anuwat Laemthong, began shooting at 1:37 p.m. (local time) from the second floor of a house, according to the ‘Bangkok Post’. Nearly a hundred police officers rushed to the scene and tried to convince the man to lay down his weapons without success.

The deceased, who have also been identified, were three men unrelated to the conflict, who were passing through the street when Laemthong began shooting. Two of the wounded are police officers, and the third is a woman who was also walking down the street when the shooting began.

Around seven in the evening, the negotiating teams took the attacker’s mother to the vicinity of the place where he was still entrenched, to try to dissuade him, also without success. The Governor of Phetchaburi, Natthachai Namphunsuksan, also tried to talk to him, but he did not budge and continued firing.

Finally, at 03:33 in the morning this Thursday, the police entered the home and confronted the attacker for ten minutes, until he could finally be killed.

Police have reported that Laemthong had been involved in legal proceedings since November 2022, citing a court appearance scheduled for this Wednesday as the possible reason for the crime.