A Thai man accidentally shot himself in the mouth and died while shooting birds on Saturday morning in northeast Thailand’s Roi Et province. Investigating officers believe that the traces of gunpowder found on the man’s toes suggest he was holding the long wooden cap gun with his toes and checking the gun’s gunpowder levels with his mouth when he accidentally made a mistake and shot himself in the mouth.
The man’s wife recounted what happened to 40 year old Weerasak [surname reserved]…
Around 6:00am, Weerasak asked his wife whether she wanted to go out and cut grass with him in a forest. On the way there, Weerasak requested that they stop at a wooden hut at a rubber plantation in Chum Chang district where he had been storing a long wooden cap gun to shoot birds.
Less than two minutes later, Weerasak’s wife heard gunshots. She ran over to find him dead at around 7:00am…
