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The Thai police is yet to identify the shooter or his motive behind carrying out the attack on civilians. All the victims were security guards at the market, a police statement said.
The shooter was seen wielding a handgun before he shot himself. (Screengrab)
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jul 28, 2025 18:58 IST
Hours after six people were killed after a gunman opened fire in a Bangkok market on Monday, videos of the incident emerged showing the perpetrators walking the streets fearlessly.
After he gunned down five civilians, the gunman took his own life, news agency Reuters reported, quoting Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau Charin Gopatta.
A video seemingly captured by a bystander who filmed the attacker from a ventage point where the civilian hid himself to evade the shooter, the gunman wearing a black T-shirt and a white cap was seen walking past dead bodies down a street wielding a gun without any signs of fear of being caught.
Another video, CCTV footage obtained from a general store, showed customers screaming in fear and running out of the shop as multiple shots could be heard in the background. The shooter was not visible in the 23-second video though.
The Thai police is yet to identify the shooter or his motive behind carrying out the attack on civilians. All the victims were security guards at the market, a police statement said.
According to police, no tourists were killed or injured in the shooting incident, Sanong Saengmani, a police official in Bangkok's Bang Sue district, said. The market where the incident took place mainly sells agricultural produce.
In October 2023, a 14-year-old suspect wielding a modified handgun killed two people and injured five others at a luxury mall in central Bangkok.
A year before that, a former cop killed 36 people, including 22 children, in a gun-and-knife attack at a nursery in eastern Thailand.
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Published On:
Jul 28, 2025
