RATCHABURI: A woman running for mayor in the March 28 municipal election was killed and three other candidates and the local kamnan wounded, when gunmen opened fire on people gathered for a funeral at a temple in Photharam district on Monday night.
The shooting occurred about 7pm at Wat Tha Kham in Moo 7 village of tambon Sam Ruan. The mourners were seated in an open prayer hall.
Five people were hit by bullets.
Police called to the scene found the hall a mess, with toppled chairs, abandoned possessions and blood splatters.
Those wounded were Yingpan Kanket, kamnan of tambon Don Sai, and four candidates in the March 28 election for the municipal council of…
