'Depressed' policeman kills wife, then himself

Forensic police at the police house in Sai Yoi, Phitsanulok, where a police officer is believed to have shot his wife and then killed himself on Monday night. (Photo: Chinnawat Singha)

PHITSANULOK: A police officer said to suffer fits of depression is believed to have shot dead his wife and then killed himself at the Sai Yoi police living quarters in Noen Maprang district on Monday night.

Their bodies were discovered and reported about  9pm, Pol Lt Col Suparerk Chanmee, a duty officer at Sai Yoi police station, said.

Pol Lt Somsak Taklom, 57, deputy chief inspector for suppression at Sai Yok police station, and his wife Nongluck, 49, were found dead in his house.