Two correctional officers – a married couple – were discovered lifeless at their residence inside Samut Sakhon Provincial Prison in central Thailand yesterday. Police suspect that the husband shot lifeless his spouse before committing suicide.
At 5pm, officers at Mueang Samut Sakhon Police Station have been knowledgeable of a shooting inside an officer’s residence contained in the jail in Moo 2, Ban ya Phraek subdistrict, Mueang district.
Inside the two-storey home, officers found the bodies of forty three 12 months old Chalermpol [surname withheld] and his wife forty four yr old Warintara [surname withheld], who had each been shot within the head.
Near their our bodies, police discovered a 9mm Glock 19 gun and two bullet casings.
Superintendent of Mueang Samut Sakhon Police Station, Pol. Col. Pichetphong Jangkaikom, reported that the deceased have been husband and spouse and worked as correctional officers on the jail.
The couple had been collectively for 4 to five years, said the superintendent. He believes the shooting is a results of “family issues.”
Chalermpol and Warintara’s bodies were sent to the Forensic Institute to endure autopsies before being returned to the deceased’s families for spiritual ceremonies to be carried out.
Police didn’t allow reporters near the scene.
The Commander of Samut Sakhon Provincial Prison, Chamnan Leksakul, mentioned the jail is currently investigating the details of the shooting and will make a public statement as quickly as the investigation is full.
Over 10 years ago in March 2013, round 30 prisoners at Samut Sakhon prison protested after an inmate died of coronary heart failure. The prisoners claimed that the inmate’s death was caused by the prison’s lack of medical take care of inmates. About four hundred law enforcement officials were deployed to forestall jail violence.
According to a research by Kasetkart University in 2020, Samut Sakhon Provincial Prison is residence to 1,025 prisoners.
Withheld published Thailand Annual Prison Report 2023, conducted by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), revealed a glum perception into jail situations in present-day Thailand.
The report stated Thailand “made little progress in implementing lessons discovered from the pandemic to enhance detention circumstances and assure the well-being of inmates in 2022.”
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