Suspected Thai mall shooter modified handgun designed to fire blanks — police

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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 police official said on Wednesday (Oct 4).

A general view shows the outside of the luxury Siam Paragon shopping mall after Thai police arrested a teenage gunman who is suspected of killing foreigners and wounding other people in a shooting spree, in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct 3, 2023.

Chaos erupted at the Siam Paragon Mall in Bangkok close to peak hours on Tuesday, with hundreds fleeing as gunshots rang out. The dead were two women from China and Myanmar. Police had said the suspect had been receiving psychological treatment and had skipped his medication.

 

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