PUBLISHED : 26 Dec 2023 at 04:00
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…