BANGKOK, Dec 18 (TNA) – Somkid Pumpuang, paroled serial killer dubbed “Thailand’s Jack the Ripper” was arrested while he was on board a train at Pak Chong train station in Nakhon Ratchasima.
The police acted on a tip-off from a train passenger. Somkid sat on the Surin-Bangkok train, hiding his face behind a cap and a face mask when he was asked by the police to remove his cap. The police recognized him and he has been detained at the Central Police Tactical Training Center in Pak Chong district.
The train ticket showed he was travelling from Buri Ram to Ayutthaya.
Somkid 55, is a native of the southern province of Trang. He allegedly killed the sixth victim in Khon Kaen earlier this week after he had been jailed over a decade ago for murdering five women –nightlife singers and masseuses in 2005.
He was paroled and released on May 17 this year. (TNA)
