Police officer shot dead by pregnant wife

PHANGNGA: A police officer was shot to death by his nine-month pregnant wife in Takua Pa district on Sunday morning, according to media reports. The woman claimed she acted in self-defence.

Pol Lt Col Sommit Buamat, an investigator at Talat Yai police station in Takua Pa district, was shot in the chest, abdomen, a leg and a hand by his wife, Orawan, 32, with a 9mm pistol, said Pol Lt Col Sarawut Soongsanga, a Takua Pa police investigator.

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