Teen machete antics, frenzied shooter, tarp bridge tragedy

Drunken boy runs amok

A Nakhon Sawan boy who swung a machete at a passing motorcyclist, killing her, insists he meant to hit the young woman, denying reports that he threw the object at random.

Phaisali police last week arrested schoolboy “Pao”, 16, for the brutal attack on Suwanan “Bow” Phaemai, 22 on Phaisali-Tha Tako Road on March 18.

She was passing on a motorcycle when the teen, drunk and eager to impress a group of 13 friends, stepped out from the crowd and took a swing at her with a machete.

He had gathered at the roadside with the group, who parked their 10 motorcycles nearby. They had just attended a Chinese opera show in Phaisali district, as had the victim…