Children lose parents as drinking and frustrated customer fires gun at eatery

When a consuming customer became angry with a servant and opened fire on his gun in an restaurant in Hat Yai district later on Sunday night, a younger children lost their parents in their birthday party.

Around 10 p.m. on Sunday, the incident occurred at the Khrua Paowana restaurant on Nuan Kaew Uthit Road.

According to witnesses, the assailant was Akarapon Pamchamnong, a 50-year-old military volunteer of Helmet Yai area.

He arrived at the restaurant by himself to get some drinks. After a while, he stepped outside the cafe to smoke on a roads. A servant misunderstood that he finished eating, so he cleared the table.

When Mr Akarapon saw that, he was frustrated, had a disagreement with the server and the restaurant owner and left the place on his car.

Afterward he returned to the restaurant, resumed the conflict, drew his gun and fired it regularly.

Sitthipong Siriphan, 48, and his family Orachon Ieankham, 45, died as they were shot in their mind.

The pair brought their 12-year-old son’s birthday celebration to the restaurant with them. The child survived, but his younger sister had a mind wound.

Two other people were injured. Paowana Uttha, the 46-year-old chef, had a gash in her mind and consumer Suriya Supradit, 42, was shot in his right shoulder.

The assailant surrendered to authorities. Eight 9mm calibre shells of expired quality were discovered at the field.