Five shot dead at Bangkok market


Locked down: Special operations police at the scene of the shooting that left six dead, including the gunman in Bangkok. — AP

A gunman shot and killed five people at a po­pular fresh food market in the Thai capital before killing himself, police said.

The victims included security guards at the Or Tor Kor market in the district of Chatuchak in Bangkok, according to a police statement yesterday.

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