At least six people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a market in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, on Monday, Thai police said in a statement.
According to Charin Gopatta, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, the gunman took his own life after the shooting.
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“Police are investigating the identity of the person and the motive for the incident,” Thai police said in a statement.
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The five people killed by the gunman were security guards at the market, it said.
A police officer in Bangkok’s Bang Sue district, identified as Saengmani, said, “No tourists were killed or injured in the shooting incident.”
In video footage shared by police, a suspect in a white hat and a backpack slung on his chest is seen walking through a parking lot at the market.
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Gun violence and gun ownership are not uncommon in Thailand. In October 2023, a 14-year-old suspect used a modified handgun to kill two people and injure five others at a luxury mall in central Bangkok.
A year earlier, a former police officer killed 36 people, including 22 children, in a gun-and-knife attack at a nursery in eastern Thailand.
