Pregnant woman shot at convenience store

Police were notified on the morning of the 4^th April that a shooting incident had occurred at a convenience store near Nongyai temple.  When officers arrived they were told the victim, a young pregnant Cambodian woman had been sent to Banglamung hospital with a bullet wound to her stomach.  After collecting evidence, the officers went to the hospital to investigate.  There they found 26 year old Khun Tia Soong who had just received an x-ray and learned that there was no danger to her with her being one month pregnant.   She claimed that she and her husband were attacked by two Thai men on a motorcycle, as they were walking to the store.  The passenger pulled out a gun and for no apparent reason shot her, before they drove off at speed along the road.  She stated that maybe it was a case of mistaken identity.  Police are treating her statement as suspicious and a full investigation is now underway to find out more about the incident.

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