Mall shooting suspect charged with premeditated murder

Ambulances and police vehicles are seen outside Siam Paragon shopping centre in Bangkok on October 3, 2023. / AFP

Five criminal charges, including premeditated murder, have been filed against the 14-year-old male suspect in the shooting spree at the Siam Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok yesterday (Tuesday).

The other charges are attempted murder, possession of a firearm without a license, carrying firearms in public without permission and discharging a firearm in public.

The suspect, whose identity is being kept confidential, has been taken to the Central Juvenile and Family Court, to seek approval for further detention while the investigation continues.

After the suspect surrendered last evening, he was questioned by police for several hours, in the presence of social workers and a psychiatrist because he is a minor.

Sorawit Limparangsri, spokesman for the Courts of Justice, said…