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Rescue worker shot dead as rival foundations clash

Representatives of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation at a press conference after the deadly clash in Bangkok early on Monday. (Screenshot from the foundation’s Facebook account)

A rescue worker was shot dead and two others wounded when members of two rescue foundations clashed on Kasemrat Road in Klong Toei district early on Monday morning.

The shooting occurred in front of a Lotus store about 1am. Scores of rescue workers briefly closed off the road hoping to catch the gunman.

The dead man was identified as Chunchana Choteprom, 25, of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation.

Sombun Kwan-uam, a rescue leader of Poh Teck Tung, said the foundation had received repeated fake accident reports on Sunday afternoon. When they responded they found only…

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