A 14-year-old girl was stabbed to death this morning by a 36-year-old man who had recently been released from prison.
Police said Preecha Wichaisorn rode a motorbike toward a school bus that was dropping off students in the northeastern province, then ran aboard, snatched the female student and attacked her as she was exiting with her classmates.
The girl, whose identity was withheld because she was a minor, was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The attack occurred at around 8am in front of the Baan Lao Witthayakarn School.
Preecha was taken into police custody and charged with premeditated murder and carrying knife in public.
Investigators had no theories as to Preecha’s motive, but said that a drug test came back negative.
Local media reported that Preecha had been released from prison only a few days prior to the attack. He had previously been convicted of assault with a deadly weapon.
