5 folks have been killed in a mass taking pictures at a meals market in Bangkok on Monday.
The suspect within the assault at Or Tor Kor Market died after taking his personal life, police in Thailand’s capital confirmed.
4 of these killed have been safety guards and the fifth sufferer labored on the market. Two different market sellers have been injured, police stated.
Police Lieutenant Siam Boonsom advised native media that the gunman was Thai and he had disputes with the market’s safety guards earlier than.
He additionally advised reporters the taking pictures incident was unrelated to Thailand’s ongoing battle with Cambodia.
The Or Tor Kor market is well-known for prime quality contemporary fruit and seafood.
Gun possession charges in Thailand are comparatively excessive for the area and mass taking pictures incidents aren’t frequent, however the nation has seen a number of lethal incidents lately.
In 2023, a 14-year-old boy killed two folks and injured 5 others in a taking pictures at a luxurious shopping center within the centre of Bangkok.
An ex-policeman killed no less than 37 folks, most of them kids, in a gun and knife assault at a childcare centre in in Nong Bua Lamphu province in north-east Thailand in October 2022.
In 2020, a soldier killed 29 folks and injured dozens extra within the metropolis of Nakhon Ratchasima.

