Thai man turns gun on himself after threatening ex’s new boyfriend

A Thai man shot himself dead yesterday after breaking into his ex-girlfriend‘s house in Pathum Thani province, central Thailand, and threatening her new boyfriend with a gun. The relationship ended more than three years ago.

At 7pm, officers at Lam Luk Ka Police Station were informed of a fatal shooting at a village in Bueng Kham subdistrict. Police travelled to the scene with doctors from Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Hospital and volunteers from the Rom Sai Rescue Foundation.

Police found the body of 45 year old Noom [surname withheld] lying in a pool of blood in front of the house. He sustained a single gunshot wound to the head. Police collected one firearm and one bullet casing as evidence.

The victim’s girlfriend, 36 year old Pornsawan, said she was cooking at home with her mother and boyfriend when her ex from three years ago arrived at the house on a motorbike and…