A minimal of 4 killed in southern Thailand taking photos, police searching for suspect | World News

A minimal of 4 people had been killed in a taking photos in southern Thailand on Saturday, police said, with native media reporting that officers had been nonetheless searching for the suspect.

The assault started at about 5 pm (1100 GMT), in Khiri Rat Nikhom district in Surat Thani province — roughly 600 km (370 miles) south of the capital Bangkok.

“4 people died,” native head of police Kriangkrai Kraikaew suggested AFP, declining to supply further particulars.

The taking photos occurred near the home of a former village head, native media reported.

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Thailand has extreme expenses of gun possession and there was a delicate trickle of violent incidents before now 12 months, along with considered one of many deadliest assaults in newest historic previous.

The dominion was shocked in October after a former police sergeant murdered 36 people, 24 of them youngsters, inside the northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province.

And ultimate month, three people had been killed and one different three wounded in a Phetchaburi province taking photos, which ended solely after a 15-hour stand-off.