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  • Northern Thailand News5 dead in high speed Surin crash
    ThaigerPublished: 16:12, 20 May 2020
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    5 dead in high speed Surin crash

    5 are dead after a pickup truck traveling at high speed crashed into a Mitsubishi Pajero in Issan’s Surin province yesterday. The incident happened on Surin-Prasat Road near the Sab-anan rice mill in the province’s Chaneang district. The pickup’s driver, who was one of those killed in the accident, is believed to have lost control of the vehicle on the…

  • Crime News4 arrested over park ranger’s shooting death
    ThaigerPublished: 11:11, 07 May 2020
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    4 arrested over park ranger’s shooting death

    Further to a story published yesterday by The Thaiger, police have now arrested 4 men for the shooting death of a forest protection officer at Sap Langka Wildlife Sanctuary in the central province of Lop Buri. Police overseeing the Central Plains provinces say the arrested men are residents in tambon Kut Ta Phet of Lam Sonthi district. The men, allegedly poachers,…

  • Crime NewsPark ranger shot dead in Lop Buri clash with poachers
    ThaigerPublished: 16:57, 06 May 2020
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    Park ranger shot dead in Lop Buri clash with poachers

    A park ranger has been killed in a clash with poachers in the central Lop Buri province. 37 year old fish and wildlife ranger Karn Chaiprasert was found dead on Monday with a gunshot wound. The head of the wildlife sanctuary, Wasant Klomchinda, said Karn led a 3 member team on patrol on Sunday in a forest on the Khao…

  • South Thailand News3 suspected insurgents killed in Pattani
    ThaigerPublished: 15:03, 02 May 2020
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    3 suspected insurgents killed in Pattani

    Authorities shot and killed 3 suspected insurgents on Thursday in Pattani province in Thailand’s deep South, long the home of a bloody separatist insurgency. Security forces believe the men were planning to mount an attack during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The shootings are the first act of violence since Malaysia’s Barisan Revolusi Nasional, or National Revolutionary Front rebels…

  • Crime NewsVillage leader slain in drive-by shooting in South
    ThaigerPublished: 13:02, 09 March 2020
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    Village leader slain in drive-by shooting in South

    Gunmen in Pattanni province in Thailand’s restive South shot dead an assistant village headman while he was exercising at a children’s playground yesterday. Pattani and its neighbouring provinces are home to Thailand’s Southern Conflict. The drive-by shooting occurred at playground in front of a football field in Ban Prawae of tambon Yarang. Witnesses say Chanwit Kaso, assistant headman of Ban…

  • Northern Thailand NewsGunman killed in Korat shopping centre – 25 dead, more than 40 injured
    ThaigerPublished: 09:45, 09 February 2020
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    Gunman killed in Korat shopping centre – 25 dead, more than 40 injured

    Police report that the Thai army soldier, who shot and killed at least 25 people in a shooting spree in the Korat shopping centre, has been shot dead in an assault by the Hanuman special forces division. Police sources said the 32 year old gunman was shot dead in the “Zone A” area of the shopping mall basement. Another news source is…

  • Central Thailand NewsDanish man dies in Chon Buri skydiving incident
    ThaigerPublished: 07:25, 03 February 2020
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    Danish man dies in Chon Buri skydiving incident

    A 30 year old Danish man is dead after his parachute failed to open in central Thailand on Saturday. The incident occurred at a jump site in the Sri Racha district of Chon Buri province. Police were alerted at 12:30pm. The 30-year-old Danish national, Stefan Eiriksson Andersen, was found lying face-up and unconscious, blood coming from his mouth and nose.…

  • World NewsKobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash
    ThaigerPublished: 10:40, 27 January 2020
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    Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash

    Basketball legend Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash, along with his daughter Gianna. He was 41. The tragedy occurred in Calabasas, California yesterday. Nine people, including the pilot, lost their lives. There were no survivors. Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Bryant played his entire 20 year career in the National Basketball Association…

  • World NewsThousands of Japanese rescuers looking for survivors of Typhoon Hagibis
    ThaigerPublished: 09:33, 14 October 2019
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    Thousands of Japanese rescuers looking for survivors of Typhoon Hagibis

    by Shingo Ito and Sara Hussein Thousands of rescue workers are searching for survivors from the fury of Typhoon Hagibis, two days after the storm slammed into Japan. As of the time of this post, the storm had killed at least 35 people. (Video from Sky News below…) Hagibis crashed into the country Saturday evening, but brought hours of torrential…

  • Road deaths17 apprentice students killed in Samut Prakan crash, Thailand
    ThaigerPublished: 11:56, 29 September 2019
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    17 apprentice students killed in Samut Prakan crash, Thailand

    Seventeen students have been killed after their overloaded pick-up truck crashed and overturned in the Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan, east of Bangkok. Police report the incident happened at 1am this morning. A taxi driver from Si Sa Ket has told Thai media that shortly before 1am he saw the pick-up travel out of a Soi “at high speed”…

  • Thailand NewsRain-making training plane crashes in western Thailand
    ThaigerPublished: 15:19, 24 September 2019
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    Rain-making training plane crashes in western Thailand

    PHOTO: Channel 7 News The Thai Department of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation have reported that a “Caravan” aircraft crashed in Kanchanaburi at 10.10am this morning during training exercises, killing the two occupants. Both the instructor, Captain Tarun Amanan, and trainee pilot, Suksan Chongsatientham, were found dead. The aircraft was crumpled and unrecognisable when found by villagers. The plane was…

  • Pattaya NewsElderly man killed by train north of Pattaya
    Tanutam ThawanPublished: 09:52, 31 August 2019
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    Elderly man killed by train north of Pattaya

    An elderly man died after being crushed by a train in Nong Pangpuay, Chon Buri, early yesterday morning at 5.30am. Police and emergency responders arrived to find the elderly man, aged between 85-90 years, killed after he train ran over him. Locals told police that it was the body of an elderly man name ‘Huan’. They said he had lived alone…

  • Crime NewsManhunt for drug suspect who ran over policeman in Surat Thani
    ThaigerPublished: 10:54, 28 June 2019
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    Manhunt for drug suspect who ran over policeman in Surat Thani

    PHOTO: ThaiRath Surat Thani police are hunting for a drug suspect who allegedly ran over and killed a policeman while fleeing arrest in Ban Ta Khun district, west of Surat Thani, last night. The deputy provincial police chief says 46 year old Pol Sen Sgt Maj Poonkrit Buakaew was killed as he was shooting the tyres of a car that was…

  • South Thailand NewsUPDATE: 4000 villagers attend funeral rites for slain monks in Narathiwat
    ThaigerPublished: 09:21, 20 January 2019
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    UPDATE: 4000 villagers attend funeral rites for slain monks in Narathiwat

    Over 4,000 villagers, including more than 300 monks from several temples in southern provinces and border provinces of Malaysia, have attended a bathing ritual for the two monks slain by gunmen who stormed Wat Rattananuparb in Narathiwat on Friday night. Read more about the raid HERE. The bathing rites for Phra Khru Prachote Rattananurak, the abbot of Wat Rattananuparb, and…

  • Bangkok NewsSix people, including a baby, killed in Pathum Thani bus accident
    ThaigerPublished: 15:19, 06 January 2019
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    Six people, including a baby, killed in Pathum Thani bus accident

    Six people, including a five month old baby, have died after their double-decker bus went out of control on a slippery road in Pathum Thani, north of Bangkok. The bus overturned and ended up in a ditch early today. 50 other people have been injured in the incident. Polcie from the Khlong Luang precinct received a call at 3.30am. Officers and emergency…

  • Thailand NewsForeign Ministry assisting wife of Thai slain in France
    ThaigerPublished: 15:30, 12 December 2018
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    Foreign Ministry assisting wife of Thai slain in France

    Thai Foreign Ministry officials are working with French authorities to assist the wife of a Thai tourist who was among three people killed by a gunman last night at a famous Strasbourg Christmas market in France. A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Busadee Santipitaksat says the Thai embassy in Paris had reported the death of 45 year old Anupong Suebsamarn, and contacted…

  • Krabi NewsTwo college students killed in Krabi head-on
    Kritsada MueanhawongPublished: 17:19, 11 September 2018
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    Two college students killed in Krabi head-on

    A pickup truck driver has fled the scene after hitting a motorbike. Two college students, who were on the motorbike, died at the scene in Krabi today (September 11). The incident happened on the Khao Panom – Nuea Klong Road at 11.30am this morning. Police and rescue workers arrived and found a pickup with damage in the front. Nearby they…