BANGKOK: Police in Thailand killed a man who had fired at commandos storming his house on early Thursday trying to safely end a 14-hour standoff after he shot to death three people and wounded three others.
The commandos called to the scene to assist local police used an armored vehicle to cross open ground shortly before 4 a.m. to storm the two-story house in Phetchaburi province, about 170 kilometers southwest of the capital Bangkok.They climbed to the second story where they confronted the suspect, identified as 29-year-old Anuwat Waentong, senior officers told reporters.Police Lt. Gen.
They were recovered only on Wednesday night when a vehicle was employed to help shield police from the gunman's fire.Police had cordoned off the neighborhood and evacuated children from nearby schools and care centers shortly after the standoff began on Wednesday afternoon. Intermittent volleys of gunfire came from the house throughout the siege.The suspect's mother was brought to the site at one point to plead with her son over a bullhorn to give himself up, but received no response.
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