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Mayoral candidate killed, 4 wounded at funeral shooting
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Police name suspect; shooting political
published : 2 Mar 2021 at 11:35
38 Police at the scene of the fatal shooting at Wat Tha Kham in Photharam district, Ratchaburi province on Monday night. (Photo: Saichol Srinuanchan)
RATCHABURI: A woman running for mayor in the March 28 municipal election was shot dead and three other candidates and the local kamnan wounded at a funeral at a temple in Photharam district on Monday night.
Police on Tuesday asked Ratchaburi Court for a warrant to arrest a suspect in the shooting.
Pol Lt Gen Thana Chuwong, the Provincial Police Region 7 commissioner, identified the suspect as Wanchart Niamraksa, a member of the Ratchaburi provincial administration organisation.
Suspect in funeral shooting surrenders
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published : 2 Mar 2021 at 16:28
updated: 2 Mar 2021 at 17:03
6 Wanchart Niamraksa, third from left, surrenders to the Ratchaburi police chief on Tuesday. He is the prime suspect in the shooting at a funeral in Photharam district on Monday night which took the life of a mayoral candidate running against his wife, and left six other people wounded. (Photo: Saichol Srinuanchan)
RATCHABURI: The suspect in Monday night s shooting at Wat Tha Makham that claimed the life of a mayoral candidate and left six other people wounded surrendered to police on Tuesday.
He is the husband of the slain woman s main competitor in this month s municipal polls. He is also the dead woman s brother-in-law.