A 28 year old Thai man identified as Top has turned himself in to the authorities after he fatally stabbed a 51 year old relative of his wife, and injured his 18 year old niece in an alleged act of revenge. He claimed to be motivated by the victims’ disrespectful behaviour towards his family and lack of financial assistance.
The incident took place yesterday, and Top thereafter went into hiding at his hometown in Den Chai district in the northern Phrae province, running up onto a hill to evade capture. The following day, Phrae City police received a report from Top’s relatives, informing them of his intention to surrender at the local police station. Upon receiving the confession, officers waited for Top before handing him over to investigators for preliminary interrogation.
In the early hours of the next day, numerous journalists gathered at the station to…
