[Bangkok Post] A suspect wanted on four arrest warrants, including one in connection with a truck bomb attack at a Big C Supercenter outlet in Pattani two years ago, has been arrested at a security checkpoint in Khok Pho district.Isamael Musu a resident of Songkhla province, was detained after a car chase, police said. Driving a motorcycle on a local road, he turned back when he spotted a security checkpoint ahead. Isamael stopped abruptly about 100 meters before he reached the checkpoint, turned back and tried to speed away when he was captured.
Isamael allegedly admitted during interrogation that he was involved in the 2017 bombing at the Big C store, in which 61 people were injured and two suspects were previously given life imprisonment by a lower court.
Three other warrants issued for Isamael relate to a 2005 deadly shooting attack in Songkhla, a gun attack in 2006, also in Songkhla, and an arms cache raid in Satun.
Meanwhile, a couple were killed in a drive-by shooting before the two attackers fled with their motorcycle in Narathiwat province yesterday morning. Authorities feared the attackers might be planning to use the motorcycle to engineer a bomb.
The shooting occurred on Huruparoh-Chalabhorn Road in Rangae district, said police spokesman Woraphon Sukkaew. Police, soldiers and forensic officers who rushed to the scene found the bodies of two people lying on the road with bullet wounds. Paisarn Chungsakul had been hit in the chest and left rib while his wife Sumon Chungsakul was shot in the head and chest.