Bangkok mall shooting: Two dead, 14-year-old attacker arrested

Thai emergency services revisedan earlier toll, stating that two people were killed during a shooting incident at a luxury shopping mall in Bangkok on Tuesday (Oct 3). Anemergency medical service said thatsix people were wounded.

Thai police said that they have arrested a 14-year-old boy. The Metropolitan Investigation Bureau of the Royal Thai Police announced the arrest on its official Facebook page.

Images and videos from the scene started circulating on social media forums, which showed people running from the Siam Paragon mall, one of Bangkok's top shopping destinations.

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Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin confirmed that the attacker had been apprehended and the situation brought under control. He told reporters: "Police are clearing the scene. The situation is easing."

In a message sent to reporters, Yuthana Srettanan, the director of the Erawan Emergency Center, earlier said three people were killed and four wounded in the incident.

In social media videos, dozens of police vehicles and a number of ambulances could be seen outside one of the shopping centre's main entrances.

Disclaimer: WION cannot independently verify the authenticity of photos and videos shared on social media.

Gun violence in Thailand

Such crime incidents are becoming a common norm in Thailand, a nation which is a popular tourist spot.

Last year, an ex-police officer killed 22 children in a nursery during a gun-and-knife rampage.

In 2020, a soldier shot and killed at least 29 people and wounded 57 in a rampage that spanned four locations in and around the northeastern Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima.

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