A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after two people were killed in a shooting at a luxury shopping mall in the centre of Bangkok, police say.
The shooting happened at the Siam Paragon mall, the city’s most famous mall and one of the most-visited places in Asia.
The victims were from China and Myanmar, Thailand’s police chief said.
The suspect surrendered to officers and had been using a handgun, police said.
Five other people – one Lao national, one Chinese and three Thais – were injured.
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said the situation had been brought under control at the centre, which is popular with both locals and tourists.
Earlier statements from Thai emergency services had put the number of dead at three and then revised it down to one before national police chief Torsak Sukvimol confirmed that two people had been killed.
One of the victims was Chinese and the other, who worked at the mall, was Burmese, he told a news conference.
Footage showed shoppers inside the Siam Paragon mall running for the exits after they heard multiple shots being fired.
By the time police arrived on the scene at 17:10 local time (10:10 GMT) and were able to disarm the assailant, several people had been hit.
Ambulances had to battle with the notoriously busy rush hour traffic in this part of Bangkok to carry the victims to hospital. —BBC
