Soldier surrenders over fatal shootingCpl Manit Chanthaphinit, 33, wanted for shooting a private, 29, to death outside an army camp in Nakhon Phanom's Pla Pak district, surrenders to police on Friday night. According to police, Cpl Manit arrived on a motorcycle at the entrance of the army camp and started talking with Pvt 1st Class Watchara. His superior picked up him at a petrol station near Nakhon Phanom airport and escorted him to the police station. During questioning, Cpl Manit told police that the shooting stemmed from a personal conflict between him and Pvt 1st Class Watchara. Pol Col Natthawit Ratchakaew, chief of Muang Nakhon Phanom police station, investigators and military officers jointly interrogated the suspect.

Source: Bangkok Post August 20, 2022 05:44 UTC