After two months in a coma, a 15-year-old boy the police deny shooting in Bangkok’s Din Daeng area died yesterday.
Mourned as the pro-democracy movement’s first death, 15-year-old Warit Somnoi succumbed to injuries sustained mid August when he was shot in the back of the neck in front of the Din Daeng Police Station. His death was announced by activist-turned-lawmaker Rangsiman Rome of the Move Forward Party.
“Why do those who fight for a better life for their generation have to die?” Rangsiman said in a tweet. “What kind of regime can destroy the future of the nation so cruelly?”
Warit had been in a coma at Rajavithi Hospital with a bullet lodged in his brainstem. His body was taken to Ramathibodi Hospital for autopsy. His funeral will take place at a temple in Samut Prakan province.
Piya Tawichai, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police…
