The gun used by the alleged shooter was modified and likely purchased online. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A police officer is seen inside the luxury Siam Paragon shopping mall after Thai police arrested a teenage gunman who is suspected of killing foreigners and wounding other people in a shooting, in Bangkok, Thailand, October 4, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/ File Photo
The gun used by the alleged 14-year-old shooter was modified and originally designed to fire blank rounds, meaning it wasn't classified as a lethal weapon, and it was likely purchased online, Torsak Sukvimol said in a television interview.
Torsak, who took over as the country's top cop earlier this week, said police will also form a team to tackle illegal sale of firearms on the internet.Authorities can boost gun control by improving enforcement, including creating a faster mechanism to block websites and online services that offer to sell or modify firearmx, said Krisanaphong Poothakool, a criminologist at Rangsit University.
Last October, a former policeman killed 35 people, including 22 children, at a nursery in northeastern Thailand. And in 2020, a soldier shot and killed at least 29 people in another northeastern Thai city.
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