{"id":1063,"date":"2025-07-28T11:09:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2025-07-28T11:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:09:21","slug":"five-killed-in-bangkok-market-mass-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=1063","title":{"rendered":"Five killed in Bangkok market mass shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Five people were killed in a mass shooting at a food market in Bangkok on Monday.<\/p>\n

The suspect in the attack at Or Tor Kor Market died after taking his own life, police in Thailand’s capital confirmed.<\/p>\n

Four of those killed were security guards and the fifth victim worked at the market. Two other market sellers were injured, police said.<\/p>\n

Police Lieutenant Siam Boonsom told local media that the gunman was Thai and he had disputes with the market’s security guards before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He also told reporters the shooting incident was unrelated to\u00a0Thailand’s ongoing conflict with Cambodia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Or Tor Kor market is well known for high quality fresh fruit and seafood.<\/p>\n

Gun ownership rates in Thailand are relatively high for the region and mass shooting incidents are not common, but the country has seen several deadly incidents in recent years.<\/p>\n

In 2023, a 14-year-old boy killed two people and injured five others in a shooting at a luxury shopping mall in the centre of Bangkok.<\/p>\n

An ex-policeman killed at least 37 people, most of them children, in a gun and knife attack at a childcare centre in in Nong Bua Lamphu province in north-east Thailand in October 2022.<\/p>\n

In 2020, a soldier killed 29 people and injured dozens more in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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