Thai Royal Police officers and investigators are seen outside the Chantaburi provincial court after shooting incident (Photo: AFP) Hanoi (VNA) – Thai policesaid on November 14 that a legal clerk who ended a bloody courtroom shooting bygrabbing a firearm and killing the gunman has been arrested and charged withmurder.
Three people, including two lawyersand the gunman, were shot dead at the Chanthaburi courthouse in easternThailand on November 12 during a hearing over a drawn-out land dispute.
Police said Thanakorn Theeravarodom,a young paralegal working with the lawyers, grabbed the gun from a guard andshot the assailant and a retired police major general who was one of thelitigants in the case.
The clerk was charged with"intentional killing", said Khomsorn Mabumrung, commander ofChanthaburi provincial city police, although the clerk said “it'sself-defence."
Thailand has high rates of gunownership and petty personal disputes and romantic and business rivalries areoften resolved with firearms. But a series of courthouse shootings in Thailandhave exposed flaws in the legal system's security./.
Three people, including two lawyersand the gunman, were shot dead at the Chanthaburi courthouse in easternThailand on November 12 during a hearing over a drawn-out land dispute.
Police said Thanakorn Theeravarodom,a young paralegal working with the lawyers, grabbed the gun from a guard andshot the assailant and a retired police major general who was one of thelitigants in the case.
The clerk was charged with"intentional killing", said Khomsorn Mabumrung, commander ofChanthaburi provincial city police, although the clerk said “it'sself-defence."
Thailand has high rates of gunownership and petty personal disputes and romantic and business rivalries areoften resolved with firearms. But a series of courthouse shootings in Thailandhave exposed flaws in the legal system's security./.
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