Less than an afternoon after the frenzy inside Siam Paragon, a 14-year-old boy was detained.
3 October 2023 at 16:50 PUBLISHED
UPDATED: 3 October 2023 at 18:26
A 14-year-old boy who went on a shooting spree inside the Siam Paragon shopping center on Tuesday evening and killed three people and injured four some has been detained by police.
Hundreds of people fled the store on Rama I Road in the heart of Bangkok as a result of the event, which happened around 4.20 p.m. More than ten shots, according to testimony, were heard.
In a text to investigators, Erawan Emergency Center manager Yuthana Srettanan confirmed the number of dead and injured.
Three of the injured, one of whom was being treated at Police General Hospital and a stranger, were admitted to King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. In addition, & nbsp,
Around 5.10 p.m., a police particular operations team that had been sent to the scene pursued the attacker and was able to part him at the local Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok. He put his arm down and gave up without a fight.
A man wearing a black shirt and colour pants was seen in video and still images that were posted on social media brandishing his gun.
Srettha Thavisin, the prime minister, stated that he was keeping an eye on events after being briefed about a” filming.” Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol, the head of the national authorities, arrived at the scene.
According to local studies, the mall’s entrances and exits were locked. Additionally, the BTS Skyway was shut down, and the Skytrain didn’t make a stop at the Siam bus stop. & nbsp,
The shooting occurred just a few days before the celebration of one of Thailand’s bloodiest days in recent memory, in which 24 children and 12 adults were killed when an ex-police official attacked the hospital.
Thailand has a long and violent past of small and large weapons situations as well as high prices of gun rights.
A former army commander went on a spree in Nakhon Ratchasima’s shopping mall in 2020, killing 29 people and injuring dozens more.
Around 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday after reports of shots indoors, consumers can be seen running from Siam Paragon in an image from a movie posted on social media. ( Chai’s video is available on the Muang Prakarn V2 Facebook page. )
On Tuesday afternoon, authorities detained a 14-year-old suspected gunman on the third floor of & nbsp, Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok, close to Siram Paragon, according to CCTV footage.