China News Service, Bangkok, May 4th (Reporter Wang Guoan) The Airport Management Corporation of Thailand (AOT) held a press conference on the 4th, saying that a 34-year-old Thai man broke into Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport with a weapon and a motorcycle on the 3rd. restricted area and attacked the staff with an iron axe before being subdued by airport security personnel.
Ji Dipeng, the person in charge of Suvarnabhumi Airport, said that the airport security center detected the emergency through closed-circuit surveillance cameras and notified security personnel to deal with the emergency.
After the man was subdued, he remained in a state of insanity following drug use.
Security personnel found an imitation pistol, iron axe, scissors and a drug ecstasy pill on his body.
According to Thai media reports, security personnel and the perpetrator were both slightly injured in this incident, but due to the timely disposal, the incident did not affect passengers and airport passenger services.
The head of the airport police said that the police have filed a number of charges against the man, including illegal entry into the restricted area of the airport, violation of Article 19 of the 2015 Aviation Act, destruction of airport property, illegal consumption of drugs and possession of drugs.
According to Article 19 of the Aviation Law of 2015 on "carrying weapons or other instruments and committing acts that endanger or may endanger the security of the airport", offenders can be sentenced to death, life imprisonment, or 15-20 years in prison and 600,000- A fine of 800,000 baht (approximately RMB 110,000-150,000).
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