Cambodia captured the remaining 5 prisoners and their accomplices in the shooting at the police to escape from the Svay Rieng provincial court.
Cambodian criminal police today said they coordinated with Svay Rieng provincial police to arrest the remaining 6 people out of the 7 people who caused the shooting to escape outside the provincial court that morning.
4 suspects were arrested on November 18. Image: Khmer Times
Those recently arrested include 5 prisoners and female accomplices. The 7th person is also a prisoner, and is described as the “leader” of the group, who was arrested earlier when his car crashed into a field.
According to images recorded by security cameras of the incident, the female accomplice was waiting in the court grounds at around 8:50 a.m., a few minutes before the car carrying 6 prisoners entered the gate. These people were arrested and prosecuted for drug trafficking and gun possession.
When the car stopped and security staff began to escort the group of 6 victims down, this girl walked up to one of the group and quickly handed over the gun. Two police guards holding batons discovered the girl’s unusual actions but could not stop them in time.
The prisoner was given a gun by his accomplices, threatened the police and escaped from the Cambodian court on November 18. Video: Khmer Times
Having obtained a gun, a prisoner immediately pointed it at the police guard and fired at least two shots to threaten. Hearing the gunshots, the four unarmed police guards ran away, some tripped and fell and crawled behind the car to hide. No one was injured after the incident.
Police in the area opened fire in response and tried to stop the group of prisoners from escaping, but could not stop them from getting into two waiting cars.