Gunman kills 3, including toddler, in Thailand mall robbery


Paramedics helping a man who was wounded during a robbery at the Robinson shopping mall in the town of Lopburi, north of Bangkok, on Jan 9, 2020. - AFP

BANGKOK (AP): A masked gunman walked into a shopping mall in central Thailand and opened fire, killing three people including a two-year-old, robbed a gold shop then escaped, police said on Friday (Jan 10).

CCTV footage from the Robinson mall in Lopburi province, about 145km north of Bangkok, shows the gunman walking to a counter around 8pm Thursday and shooting a seller and another victim before jumping on the counter and grabbing gold products.

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