Thai police arrested 4 suspects Thursday in reference to a capturing in a Bangkok mall that killed two and injured 5. The suspects are accused of illegally modifying weapons and promoting them to a 14-year-old boy who then opened fire at a shopping mall referred to as Siam Paragon Mall Tuesday.
Yala Police arrested two of the suspects in Yala Province, seizing 209 rounds of clean gun bullets, 33 items of reduce metal pipe and a pair of Krungthai checking account books. A 3rd suspect was arrested later with police seizing two clean weapons. The fourth was arrested at his Bangkok residence, which additionally served as a workshop for modifying weapons. The person was charged with possession and manufacturing of unlawful firearms.
In accordance with the Inside Minster of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul, the federal government is taking motion to enhance gun management, together with implementing short-term measures, comparable to suspending the issuance of permits for importing and buying and selling firearms. Anutin additionally acknowledged that the federal government would overview and amend present gun management legal guidelines to make sure public security.