A Thai policeman underwent urgent brain surgery after being attacked by a Buddhist monk at a temple in Phitsanulok province in northern Thailand on Wednesday. Police have charged the monk with attempted murder.
At 2.30pm, officers of Matum Patrol Police Force were informed that a monk was displaying manic behaviour, harassing people and destroying property at Wat Tha Chang temple and adjoining school in Wat Tha Chang subdistrict, Phrom Phiram district, Phitsanulok province.
Pol. Lt. Suthin Klomhom and Pol. Sub-Lt. Adisak Waikhuan drove to the scene on a motorbike, driven by Pol. Lt. Suthin.
The officers found a Buddhist monk, Khwanchai Krasaethet, standing in between the school and temple holding a piece of rubberwood – about five centimetres wide by 1.28 metres long – in his right hand.
The monk ran at the police,…