A 33 year old former police officer, who had resigned three years ago, was found in a disturbed state, wielding an axe and a knife outside a house on the roadside in the Pattani province. The man had attacked a police patrol vehicle before surrendering around 4pm, yesterday.
Phunot Rueangying, Deputy Investigation Officer at Lam Pam Police Station in Phatthalung province, was alerted about a disturbed man brandishing an axe and a knife outside a residential house along the Ban Rae-Tha Samphao road in Lam Pam. Accompanied by Deputy Police Chief Samrit Chamanathurakit, he rushed to the incident spot.
They found a 33 year old man, identifiable by tattoos on his face, in an agitated state, pacing up and down the road with an axe and a short knife outside a single-storey house. Initial information revealed that the man was a former local police officer from Pattani…
