‘Worst experience’: Johor Crown Prince recounts Bangkok’s Siam Paragon shooting, thanks S’pore

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Tunku Ismail and his family were at a hotel lobby near the mall when the shooting happened. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Thai police arrested the teenage gunman suspected of killing two foreigners and wounding five people in a shooting spree on Oct 3.Tuesday’s shooting incident in Bangkok,

He said he and his family, together with their security team, immediately ran to the hotel’s basement. He did not say which hotel they were at. “I still have images of me telling my kids, ‘Everything is going to be okay. Babah and mama are here,’” he added. He also told his four children aged between two and seven to stay down while they waited for their car to arrive.

Once their transport arrived, Tunku Ismail told the driver to get them to the Malaysian embassy, but he was told that the Singapore embassy was nearby.“Now we’re here safe in the embassy,” he said, adding that he also called Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Defence Minister Mohamad Hasan to inform them of the situation. The Malaysian Ambassador to Thailand Jojie Samuel joined him later.

 

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