Mentally ill boy stabs grandfather to death

Rescue workers wrap the body of Hiang Pimpan, 80, who was stabbed to death by his grandson in Chat Trakan district, Phitsanulok, on Tuesday night. (Photo: Chinnawat Singha)

PHITSANULOK: An elderly man was stabbed to death with a knife by his 15-year-old grandson in Chat Trakan district on Tuesday night, police said.

Police were called to a house at Ban Mai Thai Charoen, in tambon Pa Daeng, Pol Capt Pratipat Inno, a Chat Trakan investigator, said. They were accompanied by a Burapa rescue unit.