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A police commander prior, who was speaking on condition of anonymity, earlier denied initial reports that the six had been killed in a shooting and claimed that the investigation was now focused on a “link with a dangerous material.”
He continued, noting that some of the six immigrants appeared to be returning visitors but that some were on their first visit.
The police said in a speech that they were still looking into the circumstances surrounding the death and the cause of suicide.
The place is a tourist bring and is home to several upscale shopping centers and the Erawan temple.
Next October, a 14-year-old child opened fire at the Siam Paragon store in the area, killing three people.
The shooting occurred just weeks before the celebration of a massacre that left 36 people dying at a nursery in northeastern Thailand.
Tuesday’s affair as Thailand works to boost visitor numbers.
Some 28 million people visited Thailand in 2023, up from 11 million the year before, but also properly down from the 40 million who came in 2019, the last year before the crisis.
The kingdom’s important tourism industry was hit by travel restrictions as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, and visitors have never returned as quickly as expected.
Officials are hoping to hit 35 million visitors in 2024, with a target of$ 55 billion in revenue.