A 78 year old Chonburi shop keeper was brutally butchered to death whilst trying to beat off a gang of intruders who were ransacking his grocery store. Police were called in after neighbours found the dreadful scene in the morning. They told police that they had heard a couple of shots around 2 am but thought nothing of it.
The body of Khun Phairat was found laying in a pool of blood by his bed. His throat had been cut and he had sustained 17 stab wounds to his body. It appears that he had been dead for about 10 hours. Shots from a .38mm handgun had been fired and from the amount of damage to the room and to the deceased the police think that two or more individuals were involved.
The police collected evidence from the crime scene and will start their investigations by interviewing people in the local area to see if they can get a lead on these vicious murderers.
