Murder-suicide in north east Thailand

A man has shot his pregnant stepdaughter dead and then committed suicide at a house in the northeastern province of Buriram. The stepdaughter had just married her husband 7 days before the incident. Relatives have refused to provide additional details to the media at this stage.

Yesterday, an emergency team from Hin Lek Fire Police Station was called to a house in the Ku Mueng District of Buriram. Police found 2 dead bodies lying near each other on the first floor, one was a 55 year old father, Phet Kongkong, and another was a 32 year old pregnant stepdaughter Autjima Kuruengram. The 2 had received shot wounds to the head and the police spotted a .38 pistol nearby.

The officers tried to question neighbours living nearby, but no one was able to provide useful information for the investigation. A 53 year old community head, Boonhome Chatree, told police that Phet had moved from the northern province Phrae to live with his wife and twin stepdaughters. Boonhome said that Phet was a watermelon vendor and didn’t have much conversation with neighbours.

According to the report, the police only knew that the dead stepdaughter had married her husband 7 days before, but she had been pregnant 6 months before the wedding. Her husband said he moved to another district because he had to work and insisted that he didn’t know the motive of the murder.

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Police are treating the incident as a murder-suicide.

SOURCE: Sanook | Dailynews

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