Supercheap employee killed in robbery

PHUKET TOWN: Jennarong Utoksaenee, 65, a Phuket-born employee of Supercheap, the warehouse store on Thepkrassatri Rd, Phuket Town, was shot dead in his car at 3 pm today by robbers who fled with around 1.6 million baht. Police said two men on a motorcycle came alongside the car outside the electricity substation near Supercheap. The passenger on the bike fired five times. Two bullets hit the car while three hit the victim, one in his right arm, one in his shoulder and one in the armpit. The last two bullets went right through the victim’s body. He was rushed to Wachira Hospital, where he was declared dead. The cause of death, police said, was loss of blood. Police are investigating.