GUN VS KNIFE; DRUGGIE'S FALL; TIME FOR A KIP; WAR TALES

A woman in Ayutthaya shot her former husband as he tried to climb into her house, claiming she did it in self-defence.

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Police in Bang Pain district responded to an emergency call after a man was shot inside a home in Sam Ruen subdistrict.

Officers and rescue workers found the injured man — identified as Karn (no other details given), 47 — lying inside the front gate, crying out for help.

He had been shot once in the back, with the bullet exiting through the chest. He was taken to hospital.

The shooter, his wife, Supranee (no other details given), 51, owner of the house, was waiting inside.

She handed officers her registered .38-calibre revolver and surrendered.

Police inside Supranee's house.

Police noted that two rounds had been fired. A knife was also found on the floor of the house and seized as evidence.

From the hospital stretcher, Karn told officers he had climbed into the house to retrieve some of his belongings after the couple argued the night before.

Because the house was locked, he climbed the fence and forced open a tool cabinet when his former wife opened fire — first one shot, then a second that struck him.

Supranee told police that she and her ex-husband had divorced in May and that he had repeatedly caused disturbances, damaged property and made threats, including pouring fuel around the house and threatening to burn it down.

She said patrol officers had been called to intervene many times.

On this occasion, she said, he climbed over the fence shouting aggressively, carrying a knife, and began rummaging through the house and prying at the doors and windows.

Fearing he intended to harm her, she fired to defend herself: “I meant to shoot low, at his legs. I didn’t know how it ended up hitting him in the back.

“If I hadn't fired to protect myself, I don’t know what would have happened. He always carries a knife.”

She added that family members had urged her to move away for her safety, but she had nowhere else to go.