POLICE CHIEF Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimon said this evening (Oct. 3) that two not three people were killed in the shooting at Siam Paragon shopping mall with the 14-year-old teen gunman having undergone psychiatric treatment, Thai Rath newspaper and Sanook.com said. He added that details could not be revealed as the suspect is a
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Teen arrested after three killed at Siam Paragon mall
POLICE have arrested a 14-year-old teen boy in the shooting at Siam Paragon luxury shopping mall this afternoon (Oct. 3) that left three people dead and two injured, TV Channel 7 said. At 4.15 p.m. both Thai and foreign shoppers ran out of the mall after hearing a loud noise. BTS Skytrain continued operating
Read moreBig hunt for gunman who killed a policeman for refusing a transfer
POLICE are hunting for a gunman who shot dead a policeman and injured another after the former refused a village headman’s request to accept the transfer of a colleague during a dinner party at his house in Nakhon Pathom province last night (Sep. 6), Matichon newspaper said this morning. At 10 p.m. Pol. Lt.
Read moreUrgent: Gunman found dead after 15-hour siege
A GUNMAN who killed three people and injured four others by shooting randomly from his house in Phetchaburi province was found dead there at 4 a.m. this morning (Mar. 23) after two police raids during the 15-hour siege, Matichon newspaper said. The gunman, Mr. Anuwat Waenthong, or Ping, 29, was earlier identified as a
Read moreEx-ranger kills three in indiscriminate shooting from house
A FORMER ranger is firing shots indiscriminately from his house in Phetchaburi province this afternoon (Mar. 22) with three people killed and two injured so far as police gear up to storm the house and capture him, Naewna newspaper said. The gunman, identified as Mr. Anuwat, 29, who had previously been arrested on drug
Read moreSchoolgirl shot dead in front of Pattani mosque
ONE of two eighth-grade schoolgirls sitting in front of a mosque in Pattani’s Mueang district was shot by a man who drove past in a sports utility vehicle and she later died in the hospital, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Mar. 10). At around 8.35 a.m. police were alerted of the shooting in front
Read morePhuket minibus siege ends with gunman killing himselfÂ
A GUNMAN who shot and injured two passengers on a minibus travelling from Phuket to Phatthalung early this morning (Feb.10) later shot himself dead thus ending the siege that lasted almost five hours, Naewna newspaper said. After the shooting occurred at approximately 6.30 a.m. just a kilometre after the minibus had left Phuket Bus
Read moreDrug-crazed gunman kills 3 in shooting spree at Chiang Rai village
A DRUG-CRAZED unemployed gunman went on a shooting spree at a Chiang Rai village killing three persons including a four-year-old girl and injuring two others this afternoon (July 14), Matichon newspaper said. Upon getting a report from Mr. Manop Boonyuenkul, headman of Pa Kia village in Tha Ko subdistrict, Mae Suai district, at 12.30
Read moreTexas school shooting victims were all in the same classroom, says state official
By Sky News ALL OF the victims in the Texas primary school shooting were in one classroom, according to a state public safety official. The gunman barricaded himself inside a classroom, “shooting anyone that was in his way,” the official said. Police and others responding to Tuesday’s attack broke windows at the school in an
Read moreGunman held after killing 4 people in Chanthaburi
A GUNMAN who shot dead four people over unpaid debts and poor quality goods in Chanthaburi province this afternoon (Jan. 30) has now been arrested by police, Matichon newspaper said. The gunman, Mr. Prasit Phuthongsuk, first shot dead a woman in front of Tamun market which is at the borderline of Pong Nam Ron and
Read moreDrug-crazed youth kills pump worker, neighbour
A YOUNG Thai man who was still heavily drugged when he was arrested today (March 22) had stabbed a pump attendant to death last night then this morning shot dead his neighbour, TV Channel 7 said. Policemen from Sam Khok station in Pathum Thani province rushed to the single house where Ms Maliwan Saengchan, 40,
Read moreSuspected gunman carrying 100,000 baht bounty arrested
THE Crime Suppression Division police today (March 10) arrested a suspected gunman for whose capture 100,000 baht bounty had been offered after he had been on the run for 12 years in the murder of man in Phetchabun province, Thai Rath newspaper said. Mr. Boonmee Srikhamkhib, 65, was finally tracked down in Samut Sakhon province
Read moreGunman kills three at Radio Thailand station
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A LONE GUNMAN killed three of his own colleagues at a Radio Thailand station in Phitsanulok province today (27.5.2020), police said. The gunman, identified as Wim Sonsud, armed himself with two handguns and fired gunshots at his unsuspecting victims in the premises of the radio station run by the Public Relations
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