Six men sentenced to death for family massacre in Thailand
Eight slaughtered, including three children, over land dispute
Six men were sentenced to death on Wednesday for the massacre of a Thai village headman and seven members of his family, including three children, over a land dispute.
They held the group for several hours while waiting for village chief Worayuth Sanlang to return. Then they shot him in the head along with seven family members.
Three others were injured but survived, including a woman who played dead after a bullet passed through her ear.
The court said the massacre was motivated by a land dispute between the village headman and the lead gunman, Surikfat Bannopwongsakul.
“The six defendants used pistols to shoot all the eight victims, which included women as well as girls aged four, eight, eleven, devastating the public,” said the verdict read out at Krabi’s provincial court on Wednesday.
