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Monday, April 29, 2024

Suspect in funeral shooting surrenders

Wanchart Niamraksa, third from left, surrenders to the Ratchaburi police chief on Tuesday. He is the prime suspect in the shooting at a funeral in Photharam district on Monday night which took the life of a mayoral candidate running against his wife, and left six other people wounded. (Photo: Saichol Srinuanchan)

RATCHABURI: The suspect in Monday night’s shooting at Wat Tha Makham that claimed the life of a mayoral candidate and left six other people wounded surrendered to police on Tuesday.

He is the husband of the slain woman’s main competitor in this month’s municipal polls. He is also the dead woman’s brother-in-law. 

Wanchart Niamraksa, a council member of the Ratchaburi provincial administration organisation (PAO), turned himself in at Photharam district police station about noon.

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