Tourist kills himself at Phuket shooting range
published : 14 Jun 2023 at 11:03
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Achadthaya Chuenniran
A Belgian tourist shot himself dead at a shooting range in Phuket on Tuesday afternoon.
The shooting was reported to police about 2.40pm. It occurred at the Sai Yuan shooting range in tambon Rawai.
Police sent to the scene were accompanied by doctors and rescuers.
They were directed to the body of a Belgian tourist, identified as Christian Richard Cerfontaine, 52, lying dead on the ground with a bullet wound in the forehead.
The police found on him a notice from Phuket immigration office that he had overstayed more than 90 days in the country.
Witnesses said the man arrived at the shooting range on a motorcycle, rented a gun and then shot himself.
The man's body was sent to Vachira Phuket Hospital. The Belgian embassy was informed.
The police investigation was continuing.
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- accompanied (verb): with someone else going with you - ติดตาม, ร่วมทาง, เดินทางไปด้วย
- bullet: a small, metal object that is shot from a gun - กระสุนปืน
- embassy: a building where a group of officials work who represent their government in a foreign country - สถานทูต
- forehead (noun): the top part of the head above the eyes but under the scalp - หน้าผาก
- immigration: dealing with people entering and leaving the country - การตรวจคนเข้าเมือง
- inform: to tell somebody about something, especially in an official way - แจ้งให้ทราบ
- overstay: stay in a country for longer than you are allowed to stay, not leaving when your visa to stay in the country ends -
- range (noun): an area of land where people can practise shooting or where bombs, etc. can be tested - สถานที่ฝึกซ้อม, สถานฝึกยิง
- rescuers (noun): people who save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation - ผู้ช่วยชีวิต
- witness: a person who sees something happen - ผู้ที่เห็นเหตุการณ์
- wound: an injury in which your skin or flesh is damaged - บาดแผล
