KALASIN: Hubris usually comes before a fall, but the demise of 1 superstitious man in Kalasin province perhaps got here extra predictably than most. The body of the man in question was present in a small shack in a forest of this northeastern province. Maj Phabun Titiyan, an Inspector at Kalasin Muang District Police station, mentioned that the sufferer had been beaten to death with blunt devices. Though police had but to provide last confirmation of the victim’s id, a medical card he was carrying gave the title Buan Munri. Whatever the victim’s name, evidence revealed that an assault on the man’s life may not have been wholly unexpected. For a begin, his abdomen was lined with a big tattoo of a design believed to give safety from weapons. He was also found with a shoulder bag containing a big assortment of amulets, charms, pendants and Buddha pictures. Mere confirmed the apparent – that the trigger of death was a quantity of trauma to the top and neck. Examiners additionally discovered two strange bullet wounds where the man had been shot with a selfmade rifle. Remarkably, however, the bullets had apparently bounced off the sufferer, leaving him solely bruised. As it turned out, these wounds might have been the true cause behind his demise – no much less than in a roundabout way. The owner of the shack the place the body was discovered, 53-year-old Lai Phanbunmee, stated that the person was not from his village, however usually came to remain within the shack. He was an avid collector of charms, spells and anything else to do with the supernatural. The sufferer favored to say that his lucky charms made his pores and skin impenetrable to knives and bullets. So convinced was he of their energy that he typically invited individuals to show his claims by stabbing or capturing him, K. Lai said. The man’s invincibility aggravated some local youths, nonetheless. Finding that they could indeed not kill the man with their homemade gun, they decided to strive their luck with that nearly all basic of weapons – a length of 2″ x 4″ wooden. Believing the attack was carried out by no much less than two folks, police are noww