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Thailand’s Bangkok mall shooting: 1 dead, suspect arrested at Siam Paragon | News

People flee after gunfire is heard inside popular shopping complex in central Bangkok.

Police in Thailand say they have arrested a teenage suspected gunman after a deadly shooting at an upscale shopping centre in the capital, Bangkok.

Emergency services said on Tuesday evening one person had been killed in the incident, correcting an earlier statement that three people had died. It added six people had been wounded in total, five of those critically.

The Metropolitan Police Detective Department said on its Facebook page that a 14-year-old suspected gunman had been arrested and was being questioned over the incident at the Siam Paragon mall.

Emergency services shared an image of a police officer apprehending and handcuffing an individual lying face down on the floor.

The Central Investigation Bureau had earlier posted a grainy image on its Facebook page of an individual they said was…

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