One person was killed and six wounded in a shooting at a Bangkok mall on Tuesday, an emergency medical service said, revising down an earlier toll.
“It was initially reported that three were dead but actually only one person died,” Yuthana Srettanan, director of Erawan Emergency Centre, told reporters, adding that six people had been shot, two of whom are in serious condition.
A 14-year-old suspected gunman has been arrested after reportedly opening fire on a Bangkok mall.
Hundreds of people fled the luxury Siam Paragon shopping centre in central Bangkok after gunshots were heard, with panicked social media posts warning an “active shooter” was stalking the building.
At one stage, emergency services reported that as many as four had been killed.
Unverified videos posted online showed hundreds of people, including children, racing out of the building or taking cover in shops, restaurants and bathrooms. In another video, four loud noises which sound like gunshots can be clearly heard.
The nearby Siam skytrain station has been closed, while the Thai Prime Minister, Srettha Thavisin, said the national police chief was among the officers dispatched to the scene.
Chinese tourist Liu Shiying told the AP from inside the mall, where she is still taking cover, that she saw people running and saying someone had opened fire. She said an alarm rang out inside the mall and the lights went out.
“We’re temporarily hiding. Who dares to go out?”
Police spokesperson Achayon Kraithong said the national police chief had ordered and dispatched officers to control the area to resolve the situation. Television showed long queues of traffic outside the mall in torrential rain.
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Death toll revised again
One person was killed and six wounded in a shooting at a Bangkok mall on Tuesday, an emergency medical service said, revising down an earlier toll.
“It was initially reported that three were dead but actually only one person died,” Yuthana Srettanan, director of Erawan Emergency Centre, told reporters, adding that six people had been shot, two of whom are in serious condition.
At one stage, emergency services had reported that as many as four had been killed.
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Where the incident happened
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Footage of arrest
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Police find a weapon
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Emergency services treating the wounded
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Crowds fleeing the scene
Witnesses said crowds of people left the building, one of several shopping centres in the area popular with tourists and locals.
Chinese tourist Liu Shiying told the AP that she saw people running and saying someone had opened fire. She said she heard gunshots and an alarm ringing, and that the lights in the mall went out.
“We’re temporarily hiding. Who dares to go out?” she said while taking cover. She was later able to leave.
Multiple videos uploaded to social media showed people running out of the building. The public broadcaster Thai PBS said several gunshot-like sounds were heard but had no other details.
12:07 PM BST
Death toll rises
The death toll in a mall shooting in Thailand’s capital on Tuesday has risen to four after one person succumbed to their injuries, emergency services said.
They also said one of the wounded was a foreign national. Police have arrested a 14-year-old in connection with the incident.
12:06 PM BST
Final toll confirmed
Three people were killed and four wounded Tuesday in a shooting at a Bangkok shopping mall, Thai emergency services said. Yuthana Srettanan, director of Erawan Emergency Center, confirmed the toll and wounded in a message to reporters.
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Gun violence common in Thailand
An ex-police officer killed 22 children in a nursery last year during a gun-and-knife rampage, 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 northeastern Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima.
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Images from the scene
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