Khon Kaen: Playtime turns into horror with 9 yearly girl shot

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By Kritmet Loho

The shooting took place while the girl was playing with two boys, ages 10 and 11, at a house in Tambon Moung Wan. 

A Khon Kaen physician is pleading with parents to keep weapons away from children after a 10 year old boy accidentally shot and seriously wounded a nine year old yesterday (Sunday).

Dr Rapipat Pipatananant of Khon Kaen Hospital made the plea on Monday after updating the condition of the unnamed Nam Pong district girl, who sustained a gunshot wound to the back under the right shoulder.

The bullet pierced a lung and caused internal bleeding, but by Monday she was in stable condition, he said.

She would remain under a close medical observation and undergo mental health treatment to ease trauma, Dr Rapipat said.