Thailand’s police chief Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol has said the motive behind the shooting at Bangkok’s upscale Siam Paragon mall that killed two and wounded several people on Tuesday remained unclear.
Earlier, a 14-year-old was arrested from the third floor of the shopping mall after he opened fire at shoppers inside the Thai capital’s busy shopping malls, BBC reports.
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Shoppers inside the mall could be seen running for the exits after they heard multiple shots being fired.
By the time the police arrived and were able to disarm the shooter, several people had been hit.
Ambulances had to battle with the notoriously busy rush hour traffic in this part of Bangkok to carry the victims to hospital.
The police have confirmed the 14-year-old shooter attended a school not far from the Siam Paragon mall.
The police chief, Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol, said the boy had a record of getting treatment for a mental health condition at Rajvithi hospital, but had recently stopped taking his medication, the BBC report said.
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