Stray bullet may have hit 16-year-old, police say
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A 16-year-old schoolgirl is believed to have been hit by a stray bullet while she was travelling in a car driven by her mother in Bangkok's Bang Chan area on Wednesday, police have said.
Police yesterday found a spent 9mm cartridge near Soi Suan Sayam 6 and checked security-camera footage in the area for clues, while forensic officers conducted a ballistics test on the actual car at the scene.
The bullet pieced the car’s front window and hit the girl in the right shoulder as she sat in the front passenger seat.
Witnesses saw five youngsters in a pickup and a sedan stopped at the mouth of Soi Suan Sayam 6 moments before the attack.
They said a woman riding a motorcycle with a child passenger stopped and spoke to the group, before a gunshot was heard.
The shooter has been described as 165-170 centimetres tall with a tattoo on the left arm.
