All calm now at scene of earlier shooting in #Thailand#Bangkok. #Shooter is said to be 44-years-old. Owns a sportswear shop. Neighbours & a nephew claim he's a good & friendly guy. They don't believe he has any financial issues because he just renewed shop rental #ยิงกลางกรุง
Police sealed off back of shop/house where #Thailand#Bangkok#shooter was holed up before giving himself up to police #ยิงกลางกรุง. Investigations ongoing. Neighbours say they didn't know he had a gun. They speculate it could be due to stress as shops are not making any money
Apparently police still at shop where #Thailand#Bangkok#shooter reportedly fired around 20 shots with a pistol tells me the man had apparently fired randomly from his shop & went back to sleep after. Shooter's sportswear shop near the #ยิงกลางกรุง#ChulalongkornUniversity
#Thailand#Bangkok#police#forensics entered shophouse owned by #shooter who's now reportedly in his late 40s. Police apparently point to 2 potential causes of family problems & poor business for him firing. Appears also he has 4 guns which are apparently registered #ยิงกลางกรุง
#Thailand#Bangkok#Police#Forensics gathering evidence at #shooting scene where lone shooter had reportedly fired shots from his shophouse. Bullet holes can be seen 100m away hitting an abandoned building under construction. Man apparently fired gun in wee hours #ยิงกลางกรุง
Video from scene of #Thailand downtown #Bangkok shooting #ยิงกลางกรุง where the shooter is already in custody. Investigations ongoing to determine the motive behind this incident. This will resurface concerns about gun control in country and the need to address this issue fast
More pics of #Thailand downtown #Bangkok shooting where no injuries reported. Shooter in custody. #ยิงกลางกรุง Reportedly, Thailand has 10 million privately-owned guns. But about 4 million of those are unregistered and unaccounted for.
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In the #Thai invite letter to @ASEAN foreign ministers, which I've also seen, @MFAThai minister Don says the "meeting is intended to be an informal dialogue that could be part of the initial steps of the #Myanmar peace process" #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Victims buried in a mass grave after #Myanmar#military launched air strikes on a #Kachin Independence Organization #KIO anniversary celebration Oct 23. At least 80 people said to be killed, 100s more injured. Fatalities may rise over hindered medical aid #whatshappeninginmyanmar
Despite atrocities committed, #Myanmar#military remains defiant by calling air strikes & killings of civilians in #Hpakant#Kachin "fabricated" & "rumours". They've now cited own "sources" saying only ethnic #Kachin Independence Army #KIA personnel & resistance fighters killed
#Myanmar#military again takes issue with foreign embassy/UN statements condemning air attacks, insisting comments made "without proper verification" & can be seen as "intentional dissemination of rumours" & "meddling of the internal affairs" of Myanmar. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
#Myanmar#military's air attacks on #Hpakant#Kachin during a Kachin Independence Organization #KIO concert Oct 23 killed at least 80 people & 100s more injured. #KIA says the army carried out a "mass killing" which is "1 of the most cruel & deplorable action" against civilians.
#Myanmar's #ethnic armed group #KIA/#Kachin Independence Organization #KIO adds that the #military regime's latest attack only "encourages stronger revolution against" the Myanmar army. KIA has been clashing with the military for over 60 years. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Some prominent singers/artists said to have been killed/injured in #Myanmar#military air attacks aimed at #Hpakant, Kachin. #Kachin Independence Army has upped its clashes with military since Feb 2021 #coup. #KIA had rejected army's offer of peace talks #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Videos of aftermath of #Myanmar#military air strikes on #Hpakant#Kachin sent to me for use. Increasingly, Myanmar military has been/will be using air attacks to target #ethnic territories controlled by ethnic armed groups/civilian resistance forces #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
🧵In less than 2 months, #Myanmar & #Russia met at least 3 times via high-level physical visits. #Military chief now making 2nd trip to Russia with his last one only in mid-July. Attending Eastern Economic Forum, he'll likely engage Russian defence again #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Russia's Vladivostok Eastern Economic Forum's aimed at attracting investments into Russia. Unclear if Russian President Putin will attend. Since #Moscow attacked #Ukraine 5 months ago, nations like #US & #EU have introduced/expanded sanctions on Russia #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
But in latest rebuttal to @ASEAN, #Myanmar#military remains obstinate & defiant as it objected to #ASEAN's accusation that military has shown "lack of progress" in implementing 5-point plan to resolve crisis. Military staged #coup on Feb 1, 2021. 2/5 #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Myanmar#military in turn accuses @ASEAN of making "1-sided assessment" of its 5-point consensus implementation efforts & that bloc was not appraising results in an "objective and fair manner based on the factual updates and situations on the ground" 3/5 #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar