Family slaughter in Krabi

Family slaughter in Krabi

Surikfat Bannopwongsakul allegedly masterminded the family massacre. POLICE PICTURES
Surikfat Bannopwongsakul allegedly masterminded the family massacre. POLICE PICTURES

2 Another high-profile criminal case involved the killing of a whole family, including a two-year-old girl, in Krabi in July.

The massacre took place at the house of village head Worayut Sanglang in Ao Luk district on July 10. Eight people were shot dead, including Worayut.

Police said the killing stemmed from disputes over a land mortgage deal between Worayut and Surikfat Bannopwongsakul, 41, thought to have masterminded the massacre.

Mr Surikfat is believed to have duped Worayut's father-in-law into signing land sale documents, without the latter being fully aware of what he was doing.

When Worayut found out what was happening, he planned to bring a lawsuit against Mr Surikfat.

Police said Worayut and Mr Surikfat had exchanged death threats which eventually ended in Woraut's cold-blooded murder.

National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda and investigators examine the evidence. 

Eight assailants, wearing camouflage outfits, stormed Worayut's house, killed the family and made it look as though Worayut had gone berserk under the strain of his debts and shot his own family.

The gunmen forced Mr Worayut to call a friend and ask to borrow B500,000, to support the story that he was in trouble, while Mr Worayut's gun was used in the killing to frame him.

According to police, Worayut had previously mortgaged his land in Ao Luk district, worth over one million baht, with Mr Surikfat.

However, when Worayut later paid back the money, Mr Surikfat allegedly not only refused to return the title deed but sold the land to another person using Worayut's father's signature.

This led to a fierce dispute and Mr Surikfat's plan to "finish off" Worayut and his family. Mr Surikfat said he had borrowed the murder plot from movies.

The assailants themselves were deceived by Mr Surikfat who told them to help him collect debts worth three million baht from Worayut, according to police. There was also a ninth suspect, a woman named Chalita Sangkhachot, 41, who provided food for the attackers.

One gang member, identified only as Chak, told police he ushered the family into the house so as not to make the killings conspicuous.

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