In a Christmas Day tragedy, a man in Thailand’s Chiang Rai province hanged himself as well as his three children after his wife parted ways with him.
An eight-year-old boy was the sole survivor among the siblings.
Source: MGR Online
The local police were alerted on Wednesday (25 Dec) that people had been found hanged in the public toilet of a multipurpose pavilion near the Mae Khao Tom Reservoir in Tha Sut subdistrict of Chiang Rai province, reported Thai news outlet CH3 Plus.
Upon arrival, the authorities found three bodies at the scene.
Source: MGR Online
The deceased were a 37-year-old man, a six-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy.
The man was later identified as Mr Teedkiat, who was the father of the children.
The police also found an injured eight-year-old boy who managed to break free from the noose.
He had a compression bruise on his neck and was sent to the hospital.
Preliminary investigations indicated that the father was in distress after his wife left him and the children to start a new family.
According to reports, the father told the children’s grandmother that he would take them to school earlier that morning, but instead stopped by the toilet near the reservoir.
There, he used ropes to hang them before hanging himself.
However, the rope used to hang his eldest son snapped during the boy’s struggle.
After falling to the ground, the boy ran to a nearby village to get help.
Relatives of the deceased were taken to the scene, while the police are gathering evidence for further investigations.
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Featured image adapted from MGR Online.
The crash was due to a bird strike, according to preliminary information.
They calmly picked apart the purported scammer's story by pointing out the inconsistencies.
Several stacks of half-burnt 1,000-baht banknotes were found after the fire was put out.
The woman's leg was reportedly severed in the accident.
Their family hopes the authorities can continue the search for their remains.
His son's ex-girlfriend was reportedly his fourth wife.