Gunfire at meat firm kills 2
published : 5 May 2022 at 15:16
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Wassayos Ngamkham
A Frenchman and a Thai woman were found shot dead and another Frenchman wounded at a cold-meats company in Bangkok on Wednesday.
Police said the shooting occurred at Flying Board Bangkok Co on Soi Sukhumvit 49/6 around noon.
Police found the body of the Frenchman in the kitchen on the ground floor of the building. The dead Thai woman was found in a cold storage room on the same floor.
Both appeared to have been shot with the same weapon, a 9mm pistol.
They were Marc Lohberger, 66, and Wiranya Meeyai, 43, according to police.
Another French national was lying wounded, also on the ground floor. He was taken to Samitivej Hospital, and was in a safe condition.
He was identified as David Bouton, 48.
Flying Board Bangkok Co supplies meat to restaurants and hotels.
The wounded man, Mr Bouton, is one of the partners, according to police.
An assistant chef at the company told police that she heard the two Frenchmen quarrelling, and then the sound of gunshots.
Vocabulary
- occurred (verb): happened - เกิดขึ้น
- partner: one of the people who owns a business and shares the profits, etc or works together with another business in an activity - หุ้นส่วน, ผู้ร่วมมือ,
- quarrelled: argued, disagreed noisily - โต้เถียง
- storage: the putting and keeping of things in a special place for use in the future - การเก็บ
- weapon: an object such as a knife, gun, bomb, etc. that is used for fighting or attacking somebody - อาวุธ
- wounded: injured, especially where your skin or flesh is damaged, usually seriously - บาดเจ็บ
