A woman injured in the Siam Paragon mass shooting on October 3rd died at about 2am this morning (Friday), having been in coma since she was admitted to a hospital 10 days ago.
The passing of Penphiwan has brought the death toll in the shooting to three. The two others who were Chinese and Myanmar nationals. Five more were injured, including Penphiwan.
According to an X post, by user “songdoubles” today, Penphiwan, aka “Noong Ning”, had been on life support since her admission, but her body had responded to medication.
Unfortunately, she developed more infections, according to the post, which also noted that the parents of the suspected shooter had visited and apologised the victim’s mother last Saturday.
Pol Maj-Gen Nakharin Sukhonthavit, commander of the 6th division of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said they have already been informed of Penphiwan’s death by her family.
He also said that the shootings are still under investigation and the report remains confidential.
The suspect, a 14-year-old boy, is being held at the Galya Rajanagarindra Institute for psychiatric assessment.
Armed with a modified Glock-19 blank-firing replica, the suspect went on the shooting spree in the busy Bangkok shopping mall before surrendering to police.
The incident prompted the police to launch a crackdown on replica guns, including BB and blank-firing weapons.
Measures have also been imposed to control the trade and possession of BB and blank-firing guns.
Thailand shooting: Teenager charged with murder after two killed at mall
BANGKOK, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Authorities in Thailand charged a 14-year-old boy with premeditated murder and illegal possession of a firearm on Wednesday after a shooting spree at a Bangkok mall using what police said was a modified pistol intended to fire blanks.
Two people were killed and five wounded in the shooting at Siam Paragon shopping centre on Tuesday, the latest gun violence to shock Thailand in the past three years.
The suspect had suffered a psychological breakdown in the run-up to the shooting, police said. But a court turned down a police request to detain the suspect at a mental health facility and ordered him into juvenile detention instead, according to a court document seen by Reuters.
The suspect faces five charges including illegal possession of a firearm, the illegal carrying of a firearm in public, and illegal discharge of a firearm in public, Major General Nakarin Sukhontawit told Reuters.
Police said the boy had adapted a widely sold gun meant to fire blanks.
VOICE 'TOLD HIM TO SHOOT'
The violence came three days from the first anniversary of Thailand's worst massacre, in which 35 people were murdered, including 22 children at a nursery in a northeast Thai town, during an hours-long gun-and-knife attack by a former policeman who later shot himself dead.
In 2020, a soldier shot and killed at least 29 people and wounded 57 in a rampage that spanned four locations around the northeastern city of Nakhon Ratchasima.
Siam Paragon is Thailand's most famous mall, drawing throngs of domestic and foreign shoppers daily to its high-end stores, aquarium, cinema and food court dining. It was Instagram's most photographed place in 2013.
On Wednesday flowers were left in front of the mall as it reopened for businessm while workers were seen replacing the shattered facade of a Louis Vuitton store.
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin attended a technology event at the mall and told reporters that access to guns, including ones that can be modified, was something his government would address with police.
"They can buy from online, therefore we need to be more restrictive in young people's access to these dangerous things," Srettha said.
"We will work through the policy process by controlling guns and making them harder to access."
The shooting came as Srettha's new government is trying to stimulate a stuttering economy by boosting tourist arrivals in what is one of Asia's most popular travel spots, including by offering visa-free entry to citizens of China, a crucial market for Thailand.
China's embassy in Bangkok said Srettha had called its ambassador and pledged to "strengthen public safety management to offer a reliable and safe environment for Chinese people traveling to Thailand".
National police chief Torsak Sukvimol said the suspected gunman had been receiving psychological treatment and had not taken his prescribed medication when he embarked on the shooting.
Investigators were looking into his background and planned to speak to friends, including some online gamers, about his mental state.
"We will have to investigate the suspect regarding whether he had violent and aggressive conduct before," said Torsak, who met the boy soon after the shooting.
"Initially I spoke to him to calm him down ... he appeared to hear someone speaking to him, he was hearing things, a noise he said told him to shoot," he told media.
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin arrived at Siam Paragon Department Store at 7:20 p.m. for an update on the situation from National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimon after a 14-year-old boy opened fire in a mall, killing two people and injuring five others, one of whom is in critical condition. At 8:00 p.m., PM Srettha visited the police hospital to visit the victims.
What if the slain mother was amongst those who were personally welcomed to the country by the Thai PM just days earlier? That would have been the cruelest of tricks fate has played on her...
A funeral prayer for Tawan, a female Burmese toy shop worker, who was shot and killed by the 14-year-old gunman at Siam Paragon shopping mall was held Wednesday at Wat Phasuk Manedchan in Nonthaburi Province . There was no sign of the parents of the gunman, both university lecturers. The victim's employer, who introduced herself as Nada, said she will continue to send 10,000 baht monthly to Tawan's family in Myanmar on Tawan's behalf as Tawan has done when she was alive and has instructed her attorney to seek the severest punishment from the gunman and his family.
After "No More Bets" and innocent folks getting one helluva lead salad in an upscale shopping mall, I'd say Thailand is pretty much fucked on the tourism front for the foreseeable future.
Ambulances are seen outside Siam Paragon shopping centre in Bangkok on October 3, 2023, following a shooting incident in the mall. Photos: AFP
Rescue team members attend to an injury following shots fired at the luxury Siam Paragon shopping mall, in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 3, 2023. Photo: Handout via Reuters
People leave Siam Paragon shopping centre in Bangkok on October 3, 2023, following a shooting incident in the mall. Photo:s AFP
Thai police officers secure Siam Paragon shopping centre in Bangkok on October 3, 2023, following a shooting incident in the mall. Photo: AFP
A suspected gunman is detained following shots fired at the luxury Siam Paragon shopping mall, in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 3, 2023. Photo: Handout via Reuters
Bangkok: Three die and 14-year-old held over Siam Paragon mall shooting
Three people have been killed in a shooting at a luxury shopping mall in the centre of the capital, Bangkok.
Four other people were injured in the incident at Siam Paragon centre, including a foreign national.
A suspect, 14, has been arrested after surrendering. He had been using a handgun, police said.
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said the situation had been brought under control at the centre, which is and is popular with both locals and tourists.
Footage on social media earlier showed shoppers running out of the centre, which was quickly evacuated and had its doors closed.
People posted videos, apparently taken from inside the mall. In one, four loud noises which sound like gunshots can be clearly heard in the busy complex.
Witnesses also said they had taken to hiding inside shops and bathrooms.
Jakkraphan Nakharisi, 29, an ice cream seller who has worked at the mall for two years, told the BBC that he didn't realise at first that the noises were gunshots.
"There were 4-5 of them. And then silence. Then there were probably another two shots. Then I heard someone in my shop shout "there's some shooting!"
"I ducked behind the ice cream tank immediately. I didn't know where to run. I thought I couldn't just go out recklessly."
He said he heard security guards escort people off the premises, before he left "no more than 10 minutes after the shooting".
Siam Paragon is one of the most visited places in Asia.
Mass shootings in Thailand are rare, although gun ownership rates are relatively high for the region.
An ex-policeman killed at least 37 people, most of them children, in a gun and knife attack at a childcare centre in in Nong Bua Lamphu province in north-east Thailand in October last year.
In 2020, a soldier killed 29 people and injured dozens more in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima.
Third victim of Siam Paragon shooting dies
A woman injured in the Siam Paragon mass shooting on October 3rd died at about 2am this morning (Friday), having been in coma since she was admitted to a hospital 10 days ago.
The passing of Penphiwan has brought the death toll in the shooting to three. The two others who were Chinese and Myanmar nationals. Five more were injured, including Penphiwan.
According to an X post, by user “songdoubles” today, Penphiwan, aka “Noong Ning”, had been on life support since her admission, but her body had responded to medication.
Unfortunately, she developed more infections, according to the post, which also noted that the parents of the suspected shooter had visited and apologised the victim’s mother last Saturday.
Pol Maj-Gen Nakharin Sukhonthavit, commander of the 6th division of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said they have already been informed of Penphiwan’s death by her family.
He also said that the shootings are still under investigation and the report remains confidential.
The suspect, a 14-year-old boy, is being held at the Galya Rajanagarindra Institute for psychiatric assessment.
Armed with a modified Glock-19 blank-firing replica, the suspect went on the shooting spree in the busy Bangkok shopping mall before surrendering to police.
The incident prompted the police to launch a crackdown on replica guns, including BB and blank-firing weapons.
Measures have also been imposed to control the trade and possession of BB and blank-firing guns.
https://www.thaipbsworld.com/third-victim-of-siam-paragon-shooting-dies/
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin arrived at Siam Paragon Department Store at 7:20 p.m. for an update on the situation from National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimon after a 14-year-old boy opened fire in a mall, killing two people and injuring five others, one of whom is in critical condition. At 8:00 p.m., PM Srettha visited the police hospital to visit the victims.
After "No More Bets" and innocent folks getting one helluva lead salad in an upscale shopping mall, I'd say Thailand is pretty much fucked on the tourism front for the foreseeable future.
Ambulances are seen outside Siam Paragon shopping centre in Bangkok on October 3, 2023, following a shooting incident in the mall. Photos: AFP
Rescue team members attend to an injury following shots fired at the luxury Siam Paragon shopping mall, in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 3, 2023. Photo: Handout via Reuters
People leave Siam Paragon shopping centre in Bangkok on October 3, 2023, following a shooting incident in the mall. Photo:s AFP
Thai police officers secure Siam Paragon shopping centre in Bangkok on October 3, 2023, following a shooting incident in the mall. Photo: AFP
A suspected gunman is detained following shots fired at the luxury Siam Paragon shopping mall, in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 3, 2023. Photo: Handout via Reuters
Bangkok: Three die and 14-year-old held over Siam Paragon mall shooting
Three people have been killed in a shooting at a luxury shopping mall in the centre of the capital, Bangkok.
Four other people were injured in the incident at Siam Paragon centre, including a foreign national.
A suspect, 14, has been arrested after surrendering. He had been using a handgun, police said.
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said the situation had been brought under control at the centre, which is and is popular with both locals and tourists.
Footage on social media earlier showed shoppers running out of the centre, which was quickly evacuated and had its doors closed.
People posted videos, apparently taken from inside the mall. In one, four loud noises which sound like gunshots can be clearly heard in the busy complex.
Witnesses also said they had taken to hiding inside shops and bathrooms.
Jakkraphan Nakharisi, 29, an ice cream seller who has worked at the mall for two years, told the BBC that he didn't realise at first that the noises were gunshots.
"There were 4-5 of them. And then silence. Then there were probably another two shots. Then I heard someone in my shop shout "there's some shooting!"
"I ducked behind the ice cream tank immediately. I didn't know where to run. I thought I couldn't just go out recklessly."
He said he heard security guards escort people off the premises, before he left "no more than 10 minutes after the shooting".
Siam Paragon is one of the most visited places in Asia.
Mass shootings in Thailand are rare, although gun ownership rates are relatively high for the region.
An ex-policeman killed at least 37 people, most of them children, in a gun and knife attack at a childcare centre in in Nong Bua Lamphu province in north-east Thailand in October last year.
In 2020, a soldier killed 29 people and injured dozens more in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66994274