Faces of evil – two Thai men who lured Chonburi five year olds into the woods

These are the faces of two men who lured a five year old girl and boy into the woods in Chonburi yesterday evening.

Authorities had to whisk them away as a lynching party of angry villagers threatened to kill them on the spot after they were found.

The drama began in Ban Suan district of central Chonburi at 6.30 pm when the two children had not come home, reports Sanook.

A large contingent of police and soldiers were mobilized for a search after a neighbor said that he had seen two men known as “Dam” and “Tik” taking them on a motorcycle into the woods.

At 10pm the boy was seen running from the woods next to the temple of Wat Weluwan in Nong Chang Khok district.

The search party focus shifted to that area where they found a man later identified as Jotphong, 27, who was drunk and incoherent.

He blamed his partner :”Tik” for taking the girl. He was soon found leading the frightened girl by the hand next to the Chonburi motorway.

His name is Kamphon, 37.

Both men were taken into custody as an angry mob that had gathered tried to attack them.

Kamphon made an excuse that he had taken the children to get some fruit. Both the children said they had been told they were going to the market to buy things and had gone with the men.

Both men were taken into custody as an angry mob that had gathered tried to attack them.

The men have initially been charged with abduction and detained.

Thai Visa /  Sanook

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