At least 4 individuals had been killed in a taking pictures in southern Thailand on Saturday, police mentioned, with native media reporting that officers had been nonetheless looking for the suspect.
The assault began at about 5 p.m. (1100 GMT), in Khiri Rat Nikhom district in Surat Thani province — roughly 600 kilometers (370 miles) south of the capital Bangkok.
“Four people died,” native head of police Kriangkrai Kraikaew advised AFP, declining to present additional particulars.
The taking pictures occurred close to the house of a former village head, native media reported.
Thailand has excessive charges of gun possession and there was a gentle trickle of violent incidents up to now 12 months, together with one of many deadliest assaults in latest historical past.
The kingdom was surprised in October after a former police sergeant murdered 36 individuals, 24 of them kids, within the northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province.
And final month, three individuals had been killed and one other three wounded in a Phetchaburi province taking pictures, which ended solely after a 15-hour standoff. — Agence France-Presse
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