A 14-year-old is arrested on suspicion of opening fire at the iconic Siam Paragon mall, officials say.
Bangkok: Three die and 14-year-old held over Siam Paragon mall shooting
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66994274
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66994274
A 14-year-old is arrested on suspicion of opening fire at the iconic Siam Paragon mall, officials say.
12 Comments
TrismegistusMx@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Thailand living the American Nightmare.
HubertManne@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
its more a thai nightmare about living american business as usual.
deft@ttrpg.network · 1 pts · 2y
i don't think so Thailand has some serious violence atm. Wasn't there some police officer attacking a daycare with a knife or something? He killed like 30 people or something
c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y
Knife crime doesn't count, remember?
People dying specifically by guns is somehow worse.
drmoose@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Just been there a few weeks ago. Shitty luxury mall for rich shopping tourists I'm surprised someone even managed to get a weapon there considering its in the middle of the worst 5pm traffic in basically the whole Asia.
kabe@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Not sure what the traffic has to anything - Siam Paragon is at the heart of Bangkok's public transport system. Most people get there by train.
What is surprising is that a 14-year-old was allegedly the shooter and that he managed to get the gun through the metal detectors at the entrances.
drmoose@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Bangkok's public transport is not any better. During peak hours everyones squeezed like a sausage if you can make it on at all lol
Mall metal detectors were always a meme and honestly the only thing that could make that shitty mall any more disgusting if it had a full blown TSA check at the entrance.
three@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
can@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
I think you'd be disappointed to find how many doctors don't know what they're talking about outside their field.
burningmatches@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 2y
Worst rush-hour traffic in Asia is a hotly contested title, but Manila wins fairly easily. One time I was there, it took an hour for my taxi to get out of the hotel grounds. Bangkok seems efficient in comparison.
drmoose@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Yeah I've heard that Manila is even worse though I haven't been there myself. Honestly, many big cities in SEA really struggle with traffic because of shitty infrastructure. If it wasn't for scooters I don't think those places would be livable at all.
burningmatches@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 2y
Worst rush-hour traffic in Asia is a hotly contested title, but Manila wins fairly easily. One time I was there, it took an hour for my taxi to get out of the hotel grounds. Bangkok seems efficient in comparison.
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 2y
It may surprise you, but rich Thais exist too.