Two killed, 5 injured in Udon knife attacks

UDON THANI: A slaughterhouse worker, believed to be high on drug, went on the rampage, killing two girls and wounding four other women and a 13-year-old boy in knife attacks in Udon Thani town on Saturday, according to media reports.

He was later identified as Itthiphol Imphueng, 31, from Udon Thani’s Nong Wua So district, who worked at a slaughterhouse in Muang district.

Police said the man went on a motorcycle around the town and started to attack people with a knife one after another.

The first victim was Anchaya Boonyingyuan, 16, whose neck was slashed by Mr Itthipol on Si Chom Chuen road behind the provincial central prison. The girl was rushed to Udon Thani Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

The second was a 22-year-old woman, Cholada Hinkham, from Muang district, who was attacked on Surakan road. She was stabbed in the neck and killed on the spot.

Mr…