Police have arrested a suspected gunman after the capturing.
Bangkok:
Police in Thailand arrested a 14-year-old suspected gunman after a capturing on Tuesday at a luxurious mall within the capital Bangkok that authorities mentioned killed one particular person and injured a number of others. Authorities had earlier mentioned three individuals had been killed earlier than the medical service of the nation revised down the toll.
“It was initially reported that three had been lifeless however truly just one particular person died,” Yuthana Srettanan, director of Erawan Emergency Centre, instructed reporters, including that six individuals had been shot, two of whom are in critical situation.
Thai police on Tuesday mentioned they’d arrested a 14-year-old suspected gunman after a capturing at a luxurious mall within the capital Bangkok that emergency providers mentioned had killed one individuals and injured 4 others.
The Metropolitan Police Detective Division mentioned on its Fb web page {that a} 14-year-old suspected gunman had been arrested and was being questioned over the incident on the Siam Paragon mall.
Emergency providers shared a picture of a police officer apprehending and handcuffing a person laying face down on the ground.
The Central Investigation Bureau had earlier posted a grainy picture on its Fb web page of a person they mentioned was the gunman, wearing khaki cargo pants and a baseball cap.
Unverified movies shared on social media confirmed individuals, together with youngsters, working out of the doorways of the Siam Paragon mall whereas safety guards ushered them out.
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One of many movies confirmed individuals taking cowl in a darkened room inside a restaurant, whereas stay tv confirmed lengthy queues of site visitors outdoors the mall in torrential rain.
Gun violence is just not unusual in Thailand. An ex-police officer killed 22 youngsters in a nursery final 12 months throughout a gun-and-knife assault, whereas in 2020 a soldier shot and killed no less than 29 individuals and wounded 57 in a rampage that spanned 4 areas in and across the northeastern Thai metropolis of Nakhon Ratchasima.
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin expressed concern over the incident.
“I’m conscious of the capturing occasion at Siam Paragon and have ordered the police to analyze. I’m most fearful about public security,” he posted on X social media.
