Amid a high rate of gun possession, police in Thailand announced today (Saturday) that at least four people were killed in a shooting in the south of the country.
And local media reported that the police are still searching for the suspected perpetrator of the attack, indicating that the attack began around five in the afternoon in the Khiri Rat Nikhum area in Surat Thani Province, approximately 600 km south of the capital, Bangkok.
And local media confirmed that the shooting took place near the house of a former head of the village.
There have been several attacks in the past 12 months, including one of the bloodiest mass killings in the modern history of Thailand. Ex-policeman Banya Khumrab, 34, opened fire inside a nursery in Nong Bua Lam Phu state in the north-east of the country, killing 36 people, including 24 children. .
Last month, three people were killed and three others injured in Phetchaburi district in a shooting that ended after a 15-hour standoff.
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