Four pub-goers shot by drunk chief
published : 8 Mar 2021 at 13:37
writer: Gary Boyle
NAKHON PHANOM: Four pub customers were wounded when a village chief fired wild shots from a gun because he was unhappy with the service.
Paisal Saengnarai, 58, kamnan of tambon Na-ngua, in Ban Phaeng district, was immediately arrested by local police.
The incident occurred about 10pm at Tong 2 pub.
Mr Paisal was there partying with friends and became dissatisfied with a waiter, witnesses told police.
Mr Paisal walked out to his car, parked in front of the pub, and collected a pistol. He returned inside the pub and then fired eight or nine wild shots, seemingly at random.
Some of the shots hit four customers. Fortunately, the bullet wounds were not fatal.
Witnesses told police that Mr Paisal was very obviously drunk. He was taken into custody and faced firearms charges.
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Vocabulary
- at random: without a particular method, pattern, or purpose - มั่ว
- dissatisfied (adj): not happy or satisfied with somebody/something ไม่พอ - ไม่พอใจ
- drunk: having had too much alcohol to drink, i.e., drunk or intoxicated - มึนเมา
- fatal: causing someone to die - ถึงตาย
- firearms: guns - อาวุธปืน
- kamnan (noun): the head of a tambon, a group of villages - กำนัน
- obviously: clearly - เห็นได้ชัด, อย่างชัดแจ้ง
- pistol: a small gun that you hold in one hand - ปืนพก,ปืนสั้น
- waiter: a man or boy who brings food and drink to your table in a restaurant or café - บริกรชาย
- wound: an injury in which your skin or flesh is damaged - บาดแผล
