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Five people have been killed in a mass shooting at a food market in Bangkok, according to Thai officials.<\/p>\n
The suspect in the attack at Or Tor Kor Market is also dead, police in Thailand’s capital confirmed. <\/p>\n
Local media have reported that some of those killed are security guards.<\/p>\n
The Or Tor Kor market is well known for high quality fresh fruit and seafood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Gun ownership rates in Thailand are relatively high for the region and mass shooting incidents are not common, but the country has seen several deadly incidents in recent years.<\/p>\n
In 2023, a 14-year-old boy killed two people and injured five others in a shooting at a luxury shopping mall in the centre of Bangkok.<\/p>\n
An ex-policeman killed at least 37 people, most of them children, in a gun and knife attack at a childcare centre in in Nong Bua Lamphu province in north-east Thailand in October 2022.<\/p>\n
In 2020, a soldier killed 29 people and injured dozens more in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n