Roi Et schoolgirl stabbed to death
published : 6 Jan 2023 at 14:59
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
A 14-year-old schoolgirl was stabbed to death in front of shocked students and teachers in Roi Et on Friday morning by a male relative who had just got out of prison, police said.
The crime happened in front of Ban Lao Witthayakan School at about 8am. The attacker was a man who had followed the victim’s school bus on his motorcycle.
When the bus stopped in front of the school, he got on the vehicle and stabbed the girl once with a kitchen knife. He then dragged her off the bus, sat on her and stabbed her twice more.
Teachers arrested the man at the scene. The girl was later pronounced dead at Roi Et Hospital.
Police identified the 36-year-old attacker as Preecha Waisorn.
The suspect had conflicts with the girl’s parents and had a record of mental illness, according to police.
The school closed on Friday after the incident. School officials also plan to review security measures.
Eyewitnesses said the attacker shouted that he would kill all members of the girl’s family.
Police said the attacker had just been freed from jail three days ago.
Vocabulary
- conflict: an angry disagreement between people or groups - ความไม่ลงรอยกัน
- drag (verb): to pull - ดึง
- eyewitness: someone who sees something happen - พยานในเหตุการณ์
- measures: actions that are intended to achieve or deal with something - มาตราการ
- mental illness (noun): a disease or illness that affects someone's mind and behaviour - ความเจ็บป่วยทางจิต, ความเจ็บป่วยทางจิตใจ, การเจ็บป่วยทางจิตใจ
- pronounced dead: officially confirmed to have died -
- stabbed: when someone is killed or hurt by a knife or other sharp object being pushed into their body - แทงด้วยอาวุธ
- victim: someone who has been harmed, injured or killed as the result of a crime - เหยื่อผู้เคราะห์ร้าย
