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Police defend delayed response to Phetchaburi gunman

Man slain by commandos 14 hours into standoff was not an ‘active shooter’ targeting people at random

Pol Gen Torsak Sukwimol (green T-shirt) oversees the police response to a gunman who remained holed-up in a house for hours after killing three people in Muang district of Phetchaburi, on Wednesday night. (Photo: Royal Thai Police)

Police delayed their response for 14 hours before killing a gunman in Phetchaburi because he was not an “active shooter” targeting people at random, according to a deputy national police chief.

Pol Gen Torsak Sukwimol said on Thursday that two of the people Anuwat Laemthong killed were going to testify against him in a court case. The third was an innocent delivery…

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