A man charged for killing a woman by throwing rock at her

Police interrogated the suspect, Ekkachai Joykaew, for two hours Thursday, and although he maintained his innocence, the warrant was filed.

According to a witness the 20-year-old singer, Saowapa "Nong Beer" Petchlek, had spoken rudely to someone named "Ek", one of the two teenagers on a Suzuki motorcycle that drove past the cafe early on Thursday morning.

The two men then came back and threw a 1.5kilogram rock at Saowapa causing a fatal injury. She died later in Kamphaeng Phet Hospital.

Police Region 6 Commander LtGeneral Wasan Wassanont said the case was not one of murder but of aggravated assault causing death. Although the suspect maintained his innocence, police believed they had sufficient evidence to prosecute him.

Meanwhile, Kosamphi Nakhon district chief Jamras Kangnoi and senior officials paid a visit to Saowapa's 38-year-old mother at the family's home where the cafe singer's funeral was held.

Jamras gave her clothes, a relief bag and some money and promised to help find her a job. Saowapa's cremation ceremony will be held on Saturday.

In a similar stone throwing attack, 29-year-old Wasan Sanohjit sustained a head wound that required 33 stitches and a cut in his left arm after a brick was thrown into the car he was travelling in with four friends in Angthong Thursday.

Some ill-intentioned persons on a motorbike threw a brick at a car in which Wasan and other four friends were driving.

The group was reportedly on their way back home after a meal at a restaurant in Ang Thong's Wiset Chai Chan district when 2 men on a motorcycle threw the brick into the car.