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Rama III gambling den gunfight

Forensic experts arrive to collect evidence at a gambling den in Bangkok’s Yannawa district after the deadly shooting in which four people were killed. Wichan Charoenkiatpakul

A deadly shooting at a gambling den in Bangkok on Aug 3, in which four people were killed, opened a can of worms for police, even though the accused gunman turned himself in to face charges.

Niphit Srisuwan, better known as “Boy Ban Khrua”, 61, surrendered shortly after the Bangkok South Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest for the shooting.

According to his statement, Mr Niphit shot and killed Thavorn Seesod, the gunman who had slain three other people at the casino on Rama III Road, and then fled the premises. One of Mr Thavorn’s three victims was Pol Maj Watthanaset Samniangprasert, an interrogation inspector at Samae…

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