Bangkok mall shooting: Chinese victim and family were hiding in toilet, says niece

A bullet mark is seen on a glass panel at the luxury Siam Paragon shopping mall after Thai police arrested a teenage gunman on Oct 3. - Reuters

BANGKOK (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The shooting started in a female restroom in Siam Paragon, said the niece of one of the victims who was killed in the incident in the Bangkok shopping mall on Tuesday (Oct 3).

The niece, identified on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo as Chloe Wan, said late on Tuesday that she and some of her family members were hiding in the toilet’s cubicles when the shooting happened.