Thai man holds 9 year old son hostage on overpass and threatens to jump

A stressed Thai man held his nine year old son hostage and threatened to jump off an overpass over the Phetchkasem Road in Nakhon Pathom province in central Thailand yesterday, reports MGROnline.

Radio centre 191 received a report that a stressed man holding his nine year old son hostage might jump off an overpass in front of Ban Nong Hin School in the Mueang district. He was estimated to be about 30 years old.

More than 50 people were deployed to de-escalate the situation, including police, staff from Nakhon Pathom Hospital, Officials from the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, and rescue workers from Suksalanukroh Foundation, reports DailyNews.

Crash mats and other equipment were brought to the scene to minimise damage in the case the stressed man, named Ping, couldn’t be calmed down and jumped from the 20 metre high bridge clutching his…