POLICE have arrested a 14-year-old boy after two were shot dead in a Bangkok shopping center.
Footage shows crowds fleeing the Siam Paragon Mall – a luxury complex in the Thai capital – while some hid inside.
Police chief Torsak Sukvimol said the victims were a Chinese tourist and a Myanmar national. Several other people were injured.
Thai media said the suspect is 14 years old but police only confirmed he is a minor and appeared to be suffering from mental illness.
Photos show him pinned to the floor and being handcuffed and an officer picking up a gun.
The teenager was cornered at nearby Siam Kempinski Hotel at around 5.10pm and surrendered without a struggle, Bangkok Post reported.
“It happened in just a few minutes. We saw all the people run, run, run, we didn’t understand what was happening,” said
26-year-old Shir Yahav from Israel.
“We went with them and then we heard several shots, like six or seven shots. We blocked the door of the store.”
Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said he was informed by police that the Chinese tourist who died was about 30 years old.
He told reporters: “I would like to express my deepest condolences to the family of the deceased following the shooting inside Siam Paragon.
“I would like to give my moral support to the families of all who died and were injured.”
Local media earlier reported that three people had died.
