3 dead in shooting in major shopping mall in Bangkok; suspected attacker in police custody

Three people were killed and six were injured when a shooter opened fire in a major shopping mall in the centre of Thailand's capital on Tuesday afternoon before being apprehended, authorities said.

Police spokesman Archayon Kraithong told reporters a suspect was taken into custody after the shooting at the Siam Paragon Mall and the situation is now under control.

Yutthana Sretthanan, director of Bangkok's Emergency Medical Centre said that three people were killed dead and six were hurt.

Gun violence is not uncommon in Thailand, though mass shootings are rare.

The incident happened days before Thais were planning to mark the anniversary of a grisly gun and knife attack at a rural day care centre that killed 36 people, most of them preschoolers, on Oct 6, 2022.

In 2020, a disgruntled soldier opened fire in and around a mall in the northeastern city of Nakhon Ratchasima, killing 29 people and holding off security forces for some 16 hours before eventually being killed by them.

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