4 Killed In Shooting In Southern Thailand: Police

At the least 4 individuals had been killed in a capturing in southern Thailand, police mentioned. (Representational)

Bangkok:

At the least 4 individuals had been killed in a capturing in southern Thailand on Saturday, police mentioned, with native media reporting that officers had been nonetheless trying to find the suspect.

The assault began at about 5 pm (1100 GMT), in Khiri Rat Nikhom district in Surat Thani province — roughly 600 km (370 miles) south of the capital Bangkok.

“4 individuals died,” native head of police Kriangkrai Kraikaew advised AFP, declining to offer additional particulars.

The capturing occurred close to the house of a former village head, native media reported.

Thailand has excessive charges of gun possession and there was a gentle trickle of violent incidents previously 12 months, together with one of many deadliest assaults in current historical past.

The dominion was surprised in October after a former police sergeant murdered 36 individuals, 24 of them youngsters, within the northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province.

And final month, three individuals had been killed and one other three wounded in a Phetchaburi province capturing, which ended solely after a 15-hour stand-off.

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