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A 66-year-old man in Mae Chan, Chiang Rai, has been arrested for shooting dead his 74-year-old neighbor with a homemade shotgun following a months-long dispute over irrigation water for their rice fields. The suspect, identified as Thanon, confessed to the killing after police found him drinking at his home. He has been charged with intentional murder.

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A long-standing water dispute ended when a 66-year-old man armed with a sawed-off shotgun shot and killed his 74-year-old neighbor in a rice field, then returned home to drink alcohol. At 5:00 PM on November 7, 2026, Mae Chan Police Station in Chiang Rai received a report of a fatal shooting in Moo 11, Jan Jawa Subdistrict. Officers found the victim, Direk, 74, with shotgun wounds. Witnesses identified a fellow villager as the shooter. Police located Thanon, 66, drinking outside his house and detained him. He confessed to a months-long conflict over irrigation water for their fields, which had involved repeated verbal clashes. He used a homemade Thai-style sawed-off shotgun to kill Direk. The suspect led police to the weapon before being taken into custody. Mae Chan Police are charging him with intentional murder.

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