An ambulance leaves Siam Paragon shopping centre in Bangkok on October 3, 2023, following a shooting incident in the mall. – Two persons were killed and five wounded in a shooting at a Bangkok mall, an emergency medical service said. Thai police have detained a 14-year-old boy over the shooting. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
By Agence France Presse
Oct 4 2023
Witnesses told AFP of chaotic scenes as shots rang out at the upmarket Siam Paragon mall in the heart of the Thai capital around 4:30 pm (0930 GMT).
The shooting comes just days before the first anniversary of the deadliest massacre in modern Thai history, when an ex-policeman armed with a gun and knife attacked a nursery in the country’s north, murdering 24 children and 12 adults.
National Police Chief Torsak Sukwimol told reporters that two women — one Chinese, one from Myanmar — were killed in the mall shooting, and five other people wounded.
He said the 14-year-old suspect was in custody but was too confused to undergo questioning.
“He is a mental patient at Rajavithi hospital and he has not been taking his medication,” Torsak said.
“He said it was like there was another him telling him who to shoot.”
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