Thai police kill suspect in shootings after 14-hour stand-off, 3 people dead
- At 4am, commandos assisting the police used an armoured vehicle to storm the two-story house in Phetchaburi, 170km southwest of Bangkok
- The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Anuwat Waentong, is believed to have been involved in a legal dispute with two of the dead men
Police in provincial Thailand killed a man who had fired at commandos storming his house early on Thursday trying to safely end a 14-hour stand-off after he shot to death three people and wounded three others, police said.
The commandos called to the scene to assist local police used an armoured vehicle to cross open ground shortly before 4am to storm the two-story house in Phetchaburi, about 170 kilometres (105 miles) southwest of Bangkok.
They climbed to the second story where they confronted the suspect, identified as 29-year-old Anuwat Waentong, senior officers told reporters.
Police Lieutenant General Thanayut Wutthicharatthamrong said Anuwat fired a hail of bullets at them with a handgun, at least six stopped by their shields, before police shot him dead.
“My men would have been shot many times without the shields.” he said.
Thanayut told reporters police had followed appropriate procedures in trying to end the situation, starting with negotiations and escalating to deadly force. He said that a prolonged stand-off could have endangered police as well as other people.