Thailand mall gunman ‘shot to death’ after killing 21
The Thai soldier who killed at least 21 people and holed up in a mall overnight was ‘shot dead’ Sunday morning, police said, ending a near-24-hour ordeal which has stunned the country.
He was killed ‘thirty minutes ago’ (0200 GMT), chief of the Crime Suppression Division Jirabhob Bhuridej told AFP. The health minister and police chief confirmed the gunman’s death.
Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world but mass shootings by soldiers targeting civilians are rare.
Several shootings at courthouses late last year also renewed concern about gun violence in the Southeast Asia country.
In one high-profile case, a two-year-old boy was among three people killed in Thailand when a masked gunman robbed a jewellery shop last month.
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Late last year two lawyers were shot dead by a clerk at a court in the east of the country during a hearing over a land dispute.
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