Crime, Courts, Calamity

BANGKOK — A musician’s body was discovered with more than a dozen stab wounds early this morning, and police suspect he was a victim of jealous rage.

BANGKOK — A professor opened fire at a college in eastern Bangkok this morning, killing two lecturers, police said.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Three Thai fishing boat captains have escaped from custody in Indonesia after their vessels were seized with dozens of trafficked foreign fishermen on board, an official said Tuesday.

BANGKOK — Lawyers representing the two Myanmar men sentenced to die for the brutal murders of two British backpackers said today they will soon file an appeal to overturn their convictions.

SAMUT PRAKAN — One of two men shot Friday at a KFC restaurant in Bangkok’s southeastern suburbs died Saturday, prompting police to press a murder charge against the gunmen, one of whom was captured.

HUA HIN — A 16-year-old student reportedly drowned after being swept out to sea by strong waves in Hua Hin on Friday. His body was discovered this morning, officials said.

SAMUT PRAKAN — Two men were shot while eating early Friday morning at a KFC restaurant in Samut Prakan province.

BANGKOK — A plot by a man from Myanmar to rob a gold store in a Bangkok hypermarket by holding a 9-year-old girl hostage ended ignominiously today when a crowd of onlookers surged in to attack him and end a tense stand-off.

BANGKOK — Authorities yesterday raided a Condominium building in Soi Sukhumvit 11 which was suspected of operating as an unlicensed hotel for foreign guests.

BANGKOK — The Commander of a police station in Bangkok said today that five gunmen who opened fire on a pick-up truck in broad daylight were police officers from another police station, a claim denied by the deputy chief of the latter station.