PHUKET: Police across Phuket were hunting four men who escaped on foot after an officer was shot in a wild dispute at a pub early today over music.
The policeman, Nikom Jeanyear, was hit in the neck and grazed by a couple of other shots when the men opened fire from outside the Saraphanplang pub in Patak Road, close to Chalong Circle.
The men, leaving the pub at 1.45am, expressed their anger at not having the music played that they requested by shooting back into the pub from a distance of about 25 metres.
The thaipradit homemade gun, which fires up to nine rounds, scattered shots mostly at officer Nikom, who was at the pub with friends.
He was rushed first to Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket City then transferred to Bangkok Hospital Phuket, also in Phuket City, where his condition was reported to be satisfactory today.
Police say they have arrested one of the five men and are continuing the hunt for the other four, who escaped on foot when their green Mitsubishi was stopped at a Karon checkpoint.
Police have charged Supanet Sukkeaw, 28, with attempted murder, although he denies he fired the gun.
The policeman, Nikom Jeanyear, was hit in the neck and grazed by a couple of other shots when the men opened fire from outside the Saraphanplang pub in Patak Road, close to Chalong Circle.
The men, leaving the pub at 1.45am, expressed their anger at not having the music played that they requested by shooting back into the pub from a distance of about 25 metres.
The thaipradit homemade gun, which fires up to nine rounds, scattered shots mostly at officer Nikom, who was at the pub with friends.
He was rushed first to Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket City then transferred to Bangkok Hospital Phuket, also in Phuket City, where his condition was reported to be satisfactory today.
Police say they have arrested one of the five men and are continuing the hunt for the other four, who escaped on foot when their green Mitsubishi was stopped at a Karon checkpoint.
Police have charged Supanet Sukkeaw, 28, with attempted murder, although he denies he fired the gun.
What a policemen is doing late at night at 1.45AM after the closing time of 1AM in Karaoke Bar?
Posted by Whistle-Blower on June 19, 2012 09:55