Drug addicted and mentally ill Thai man stabs police officer to death

A drug addicted and mentally ill Thai man went on a rampage and stabbed a Thai police officer to death in the northeastern province of Nakhon Panom.

The deceased officer, police Lieutenant Itsarawut Phonrat, of the That Panom Police Station, was called to check on a Thai man, 49 year old Arnudate Chaipanya, in the Um Mao district of Nakhon Panom.

Arnudate had a long history of drug use that had affected his mental health. Locals in the area reported that he was being treated, but had not been taking his medication as prescribed, which had caused him to go on the rampage several times before.

The police Itsarawut knew Arnudate quite well and had successfully controlled him many times before, so he went to the scene alone, believing he could control the situation.

Arnudate got…