Fugitive in Belgium shooting arrested in Phuket
published : 23 Jan 2024 at 15:24
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
A 36-year-old fugitive sentenced to prison in Belgium for attempted murder has been arrested in Phuket, where he worked as a DJ at a Patong bar.
The man, identified by police only as Achmal, 36, was taken into custody by Phuket immigration police at an apartment at Patong beach.
Achmal has dual Belgian-Moroccan nationality and was wanted in Belgium on charges of attempted murder, illegally carrying a firearm and illegal possession of ammunition and gun accessories. The charge related to a road rage shooting in Belgium on Jan 19, 2014, police said.
The Appeals Court in Brussels had sentenced the man to 10 years in prison, according to immigration police.
Achmal had used a Belgium passport to enter Thailand many times, police said. He also used a Moroccan passport to enter the country and kept changing his residence, staying in Bangkok, Si Sa Ket and Phuket.
He was finally tracked to an apartment in Patong beach, where he was working as a DJ at a bar in Patong.
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Vocabulary
- ammunition: bullets, bombs, etc that can be fired from a weapon - อาวุธยุทธภัณฑ์, ลูกกระสุน
- attempt (noun): when a person tries to do something or achieve some goal, makes an effort to do it - ความพยายาม
- custody: the state of being in prison or under police control, especially while waiting for trial - การกักขัง, การคุมขัง
- dual nationality: being a citizen of two countries at the same time - ถือสัญชาติสองสัญชาติ
- firearm: a gun of some type - อาวุธปืน
- fugitive: someone who has done something illegal and is trying to avoid being caught by the police - ผู้หลบหนี
- immigration police: the police agency dealing with people entering and leaving the country - สำนักงานตรวจคนเข้าเมือง
- possession: having or owning something - การครอบครอง
- residence: a place where someone lives - ที่พำนัก ที่อาศัย
- road rage (noun): a situation in which a driver becomes extremely angry at something that has happened, especially another driver, and which often results in a violent action -
- sentence : (of a court of law) to give a punishment - ลงโทษ
