Army, police tight-lipped over shootin
The Third Army Area Command yesterday stayed silent about the gun shot accident that killed a TV reporter during military training on Saturday while the police indicated no progress in their investigation.
Sergeant Thanarat Saeng-tein, a soldier at Somdej Phra Borom-trailokanart Military Camp who also worked for TV 7 in Phitsanulok, was accidentally shot dead at the military airport in Phitsanulok's Muang district. The exercise was intended to show the capability of soldiers in search-and-rescue aircraft and their shooting skills. The show was open to the public and the bullet hit Thanarat when six soldiers were pointing their M-16s towards the crowd to show their shooting skills. Thanarat was filming the event for TV when the bullet hit him. Bullets also injured a six-year-old girl and an 11-year boy. Police Lt-Colonel Dejprayoon Singdej, an inspector at Muang Phitsanulok police station, yesterday investigated the six soldiers but seemed to make no progress. The police seized the six guns used and sent them to the Royal Thai Police's Scientific Crime Detection Division. The incident took place in front of Lt-General Saprang Kalaya-namitr, commander of the Third Army Area Command.
The Nation Phitsanulok
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