Nine youths aged from 15 to 18 have been arrested for murder following publication of security camera footage showing a group of teenagers stabbing a 17-year-old rival to death in a Bangkok internet cafe on Thursday, Metropolitan Police Area 5 chief Maj-General Anuchai Lekbamrung said yesterday.
The murder occurred at 5am in a shop that should have closed hours earlier, so police also intend to punish the owner for opening beyond legal limits, Anuchai said.
Wat Phrayakrai police also presented three youngsters, aged 16-17, who were arrested for another murder case, in which 20-year-old Wichet Boonyapak was shot dead. Police said the suspects opened fire on a group of teenage rivals who hung out near a Charoenrat Road taxi garage early on Thursday.