Two dead, one wounded in ongoing Thai shooting


BANGKOK (AFP): Thai police on Wednesday (March 22) surrounded a house where a gunman had holed up after killing two people and wounding another, a spokesman said.

The shooter started firing in Phetchaburi -- some 100km (60 miles) southwest of Bangkok -- at around 3pm (0800 GMT), national police spokesperson Achayon Kraithong told AFP.

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