Two men have been arrested in the southern province of Yala today (Thursday), for allegedly selling a modified blank-firing pistol to the suspect in the shooting spree at the Siam Paragon shopping mall yesterday, in which two people died and five others were injured.
The two suspects were identified only as “Suwannahong” and “Akkarawit”. Police also found 209 blank cartridges of unknown calibre, 33 gun barrels, nine magazines, 27 tools used for gun modification and two bank books in Suwannahong’s house.
Police allege that Suwannahong withdrew cash from an ATM at a gas station, after he received money wired to his account by the suspected shooter for the purchase of a Glock 19 replica, which was modified to shoot live ammunition.
A third suspect is still at large.
One Chinese and one Myanmar national were shot dead and five others injured, two of whom are still in the…
