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Tourist kills himself at Phuket shooting range

The Sai Yuan Rawai Shooting Range in Muang district of Phuket, where a Belgian tourist shot himself dead on Tuesday. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)

PHUKET: A Belgian tourist shot himself dead at a shooting range in Muang district on Tuesday afternoon.

The shooting was reported to police about 2.40pm, said Pol Col Ekarat Plaidung, superintendent of Chalong police station. It occurred at the Sai Yuan shooting range at Moo 7 village in tambon Rawai.

Police sent to the scene were accompanied by doctors from Vachira Phuket Hospital and charity foundation rescuers.

They were directed to the body of a Belgian tourist, identified as Christian Richard Cerfontaine, 52, lying dead on the ground with a bullet wound in the forehead.

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