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Local drug addict kills police officer

Nakhon Phanom: A policeman was killed while trying to subdue a drug addict undergoing a psychotic episode in That Phanom district on Sunday.

Pol Lt Issrawut Kopolrat, deputy crime suppression chief at That Phanom station, was killed when he responded to a distress call in Ban Choke Amnuay in tambon Ummao, where the suspect, identified only as 49-year-old Anudet, was causing a disturbance.

Anudet was known to residents as a methamphetamine addict who has been in and out of jail for various offences.

He was undergoing treatment for his addiction and often exhibited…

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