police shoot knife-wielding man
A police officer shot a man dead after he entered Pratunam Chulalongkorn police station in Pathum Thani province on June 7 wielding a knife.
Pairat Wannee, an investigator on duty, said the incident occurred about 6:30 am. The man, identified as Assanichaipol Charoenwinij, 30, of Pathum Thani’s Thanyaburi district, burst past the front desk of the station, alerting police. Paisith Onsongchan then opened fire at Assanichaipol with a handgun, hitting him in the chest.