Suspected Thai mall shooter modified handgun designed to fire blanks

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BANGKOK: A teenager suspected of killing two foreign nationals and wounding five others in a Thai shopping mall shooting had modified a handgun that was designed to fire only blanks, a senior poli

An ambulance leaves Siam Paragon shopping centre in Bangkok on Oct 3, 2023, following a shooting incident in the mall. One person was killed and six 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. had modified a handgun that was designed to fire only blanks, a senior police official said on Wednesday .

The dead were two women from China and Myanmar. The suspected gunman, a 14-year-old, was arrested late on Tuesday. Police had said the suspect had been receiving psychological treatment and had skipped his medication.

 

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