(Photo by Pattani News Facebook page)YALA - A policeman is being hunted after opening fire with an assault rifle at guests attending a farewell party of a fellow officer in Bannang Sata district on Tuesday night, killing two policemen and wounding 14 other people. The shooting, behind Batu Tamong police station in tambon Tham Thalu around 7.45pm on Tuesday, sent the guests, mostly policemen and their families, hiding under tables or fleeing in panic. Thai media reported Pol Cpl Hassapol Soprakhon, attached to Batu Tamong police station and one of the guests, fled after firing an M-16 rifle indiscriminately at the party-goers. Most of the victims were police attached to Batu Tamong police station in Bannang Sata district. The slain officers were named as Pol Capt Natthawat Churat, 39, deputy crime suppression chief at Batu Tamong, and Pol Snr Sgt Maj Sayant Phettem, 44.

Source: Bangkok Post October 26, 2016 05:37 UTC