Banglamung Police, Medics and a Unit of a Rescue Foundation rushed to the scene of a reported shooting incident in East Pattaya but could do nothing to save a man who had apparently took his own life by shooting himself in the head.
At the scene a rented apartment in Soi Nong Yai in East Pattaya they found the body of Khun Sarawut a 43 year old Motorbike Taxi Driver who works from a taxi a rank in Naklua. He had sustained a catastrophic head wound from a single gunshot to the temple. The 38 calibre handgun was laying by the side of the deceased.
His girlfriend Khun Nawaporn aged 43 witnessed the incident and was clearly in a distressed state. She said that they had just returned home after a night out celebrating the birthday of a friend. They had both consumed a large amount of alcohol. As they entered the room he yelled out - enough is enough went over to a speaker box in the room and with a screwdriver prised open the speaker to remove a loaded hand gun. He then put it to his left temple and pulled the trigger.
She said that she had been with him for only a few months and he was often depressed after the breakup of his marriage a few years ago and the fact that he never got to see his daughter as well as financial problems.
Officials took photographs to record the scene as evidence and then the body of Khun Sarawut was removed from the scene and transported to hospital for a full post mortem to be carried out.
