Thai police say boy, 14, arrested after shooting at mall in Bangkok

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after a shooting at a luxury mall in Bangkok, Thai police said on social media.

Emergency services said at least three people were killed and three were injured in the incident at the Siam Paragon mall. Television station Thai PBS reported that five people were wounded.

Unverified videos shared on social media showed people, including children, running out of the doors of the mall while security guards ushered them out.

One of the videos showed people taking cover in a darkened room inside a restaurant, while live television showed long queues of traffic outside the mall in torrential rain.

Local broadcaster Channel 3 reported that gunfire was heard inside, coming from a bathroom in the mall.

The prime minister, Srettha Thavisin, posted on X: “I am aware of the shooting event at Siam Paragon and have ordered the police to investigate. I am most worried about public safety.”

Gun violence is common in Thailand. An ex-police officer killed 22 children in a nursery last year during a gun-and-knife attack, while in 2020 a soldier shot and killed at least 29 people and wounded 57 in a rampage that spanned four locations in and around the north-eastern Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima.

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