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Two men arrested over gun sale to teen suspected in Bangkok mall shooting | Gun Violence News

The men are accused of selling a gun to a 14-year-old suspected of killing three people in the Siam Paragon mall.

Police in Thailand have arrested two men accused of selling a gun to a 14-year-old suspected shooter who allegedly killed three people in a Bangkok shopping centre.

The suspect has been arrested for Tuesday’s killings at the Siam Paragon mall. He has also been charged with carrying and firing a gun in a public place and owning an unlicensed firearm.

On Thursday morning, officers in the country’s southern Yala province arrested the duo on suspicion of providing the boy with the blank-firing pistol that was modified to shoot live rounds at the mall.

“Police raided their houses to find more evidence connected to the case,” a senior Yala policeman told the AFP news agency. “They were sent to Bangkok for questioning.”

Hundreds of shoppers fled the mall on Tuesday…

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