6 killed after gunmen opens indiscriminate fireplace at meals market in Bangkok


The gunmen additionally took his personal life after opening an indiscriminate fireplace, media stories say.

Bangkok:

As many as six individuals have been killed in a mass capturing incident at a meals market in Bangkok. The gunmen additionally took his personal life after opening an indiscriminate fireplace, media stories say.

4 of the six victims have been recognized as safety guards on the market. The assault occurred at Or Tor Kor Market. This place may be very near Chatuchak Market, one in all Bangkok’s hottest vacationer locations.

Authorities probe incident

As per media stories, the deputy police chief stated authorities have been probing if the incident had any doable hyperlinks with unrest on the Thailand-Cambodia border.

A number of movies of the incident are getting fervidly viral throughout social media platforms. In these visuals, persons are seen working with gunshots being heard within the background.

Current gun violence incidents in Thailand

Thailand has witnessed a pointy surge in gun violence lately. In a single such incident in October 2023, a 14-year-old boy opened fireplace at Bangkok’s Siam Paragon mall, killing two folks and injuring a number of others.

In October 2022, the nation was shaken by a horrific bloodbath at a baby care centre in northeastern Thailand, the place a former Royal Thai Police officer brutally killed round 36 folks, together with 24 kids, earlier than taking the lives of his spouse, stepson and himself.

Thailand-Cambodia ​battle

A large unrest erupted between Cambodia and Thailand on July 24 alongside their lengthy‑disputed border close to the TaMuen Thom temple and surrounding areas, together with Surin, Ubon and Ratchathani. The battle started after the explosion of a landmine, the place each side accused one another. The 2 sides fired small arms, artillery and rockets at one another, killing a number of folks on each side.

As per the state-run Thai Public Broadcasting Service, as many as 11 individuals have been killed within the battle.

The battle started in 2008 over the possession rights of an Eleventh-century Hindu temple known as Preah Vihear or Khao Phra Viharn in Thailand. The disputed website was, nonetheless, handed over to Cambodia by the Worldwide Court docket of Justice in 1962 however Thailand nonetheless claims proper over it.