Maha Sarakham, Surrendered! A crazy man holding a gun invades a school. Take your wife hostage Police commander praises police Phayakkhaphum Phisai Police Station Successfully negotiated and persuaded the perpetrator. and everyone is safe Pol. Lt. Gen. Achayon Kraithong, spokesman for the Royal Thai Police, revealed that from today's case (8 February 2024), at approximately 11.50 a.m., police officers Phayakkhaphum Phisai Police Station, Maha Sarakham Province, was informed by Radio Center 191 that a 36-year-old man shot a gun inside a school and his 32-year-old wife was taken hostage. The incident occurred at one of the dry schools in Phayakkhaphum Phisai District, Maha Sarakham Province, Pol. Maj. Gen. Phonchai Chaloadet, Commander of Maha Sarakham Provincial Police, along with Pol. Lt. Col. Lek Amat, Deputy Superintendent of the Provincial Crime Suppression Division. Phayakkhaphum Phisai Police Station Sent forces to investigate the scene. Found the perpetrator holding a gun walking into the school and ar guing with his wife. and took his wife hostage and confined him in the school building Later, the perpetrator released his wife. Including all students and teachers being safe. But the perpetrator was still in the school building. Police officers, led by Police Lieutenant Colonel Lek Amat, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Phayakkhaphum Phisai Police Station Negotiated and persuaded the perpetrator to surrender. Recently, the perpetrator of the incident has surrendered himself to the police, initially the commander of the Maha Sarakham Provincial Police Station and the deputy police chief of the Phayakkhaphum Phisai Police Station. The perpetrator was detained for a medical examination at Phayakkhaphum Phisai Hospital. Police General Torsak Sukwimon, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Police There is concern in such situations. We have been regulating and supervising the incident since receiving the incident report. At the same time, he praised the Provincial Police Commander of Maha Sarakham Province, Depu ty Superintendent of Police, Police Station, Phayakkhaphum Phisai Police Station. and all officers who rushed to help students, teachers, and rescue hostages Get everyone to a safe place. They were able to successfully negotiate and persuade the perpetrator to surrender. and all parties are safe This operation was in accordance with the strategy that the Royal Thai Police Commander had ordered all units to practice emergency response plans at all times. Source: Thai News Agency