Garage Owner Commits Suicide Over Financial Crisis

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Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): On October 21, 2021, at 7:15 pm in Brokar village, Sangkat Prey Sar, Khan Dongkor, a 34-year-old man, Ley Sokreut, the owner of the PTT gas station on Prey Sar street, reportedly committed suicide with a handgun in the restroom. It seems that the motive for his act was heavy indebtment due to the present financial crisis.
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According to the employee of the victim, he and his boss had an appointment to go to Kampot province on the morning of the incident, so he went looking for his boss at the garage as arranged. However, he spotted his boss's shoes outside of the restroom and noticed that the cubicle was locked from the inside. He called for help from other employees and unlocked the cubicle where they found the boss lying dead with a gunshot wound to the head.
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The police autopsy has confirmed that the victim committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a handgun. The evidence found was a ZORAKI 2914-T handgun with 6 bullets in the magazine, and a bullet case.
The victim's body was returned to the family for the funeral. RIP.
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Re: Garage Owner Commits Suicide Over Financial Crisis

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Did anybody else think it was about the bar?
Rip mate.
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Tragic. But the Zoraki M2914 appears to be a blank firing gun: where are the resident CEO gun-afficionados who can identify the cases in the clip? Modified piece or a desperate attempt with blanks that still can propel enough debris to kill?

https://www.sharpimport.com/zoraki-m291 ... -blank-gun
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Is it an outdoor toilet? I don't understand the location of the handgun in the photos.
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Flexxman wrote: Sat Oct 23, 2021 11:45 pm Tragic. But the Zoraki M2914 appears to be a blank firing gun: where are the resident CEO gun-afficionados who can identify the cases in the clip? Modified piece or a desperate attempt with blanks that still can propel enough debris to kill?

https://www.sharpimport.com/zoraki-m291 ... -blank-gun
I’d assume it’s been modified to fire live rounds (the rounds pictured look like .380 caliber)
There’s a used shell casing and a deformed bullet in one of the pictures (if that is the fatal bullet, and they were able to recover it at the crime scene, it must have been a pretty gruesome sight)
There’s several websites regarding the modification of this particular blank firing original pistol to fire live ammunition.
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Does anyone know the whereabouts of Alex Baldwin during the time of this incident (blank gun).....

Wait... too soon?
What, Me worry?
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Organic Ed wrote: Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:26 pm Did anybody else think it was about the bar?
Rip mate.
Yes !
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So not the Garage Bar!😂😂
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