Kalasin

  • Northern Thailand NewsUPDATE: 12 year old boy shoots friend dead in Kalasin

    UPDATE: 12 year old boy shoots friend dead in Kalasin

    A thirteen year old boy is dead in the northeastern province of Kalasin, after being shot by a friend playing with his father’s gun. Police and medical services were called to a house in Nong Kung Sri district on Sunday morning after the boy was shot, local media report. Police say that three boys were playing when one boy, aged…

  • Crime NewsPolice officer murdered, mutilated

    Police officer murdered, mutilated

    The body of a police officer was found in the northeastern province of Kalasin yesterday. He had been stabbed to death and his body severely mutilated. Police later tracked down and arrested 45 year old Amornlak Jitkoh, a Kalasin native, who had fled and hidden in a forest in Nakhon Ratchasima province. He was persuaded to surrender and return to…

  • Northern Thailand NewsMother and daughter busted for selling meth pills in Thailand’s north east

    Mother and daughter busted for selling meth pills in Thailand’s north east

    A mother and daughter are currently in custody after their arrest for selling ‘yaba’, or methamphetamine pills in Kalasin, north east Thailand. The 54 year old woman, named only as Sang, and her 25 year old daughter Tarnthip, were arrested at their home in the northeastern city of Kalasin with 13 yaba pills and the 280 baht cash used in…

  • Northern Thailand NewsUPDATE: Kalasin shooting. Husband dies after shooting.

    UPDATE: Kalasin shooting. Husband dies after shooting.

    A Kalasin private school executive, shot in the head after a Valentine’s Day fight with his wife, has died in hospital as a result of his injuries. The death of 45 year old Ratthasart Panichpongsapak has prompted police to file a murder charge against the man’s 44 year old wife Mayura Panichpongsapak. Mayura was initially charged with attempted murder and…