Former Thailand MP arrested after shooting leaves 1 dead, 1 injured
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- South China Morning Postseen 10 Aug, 07:23description edited
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A gunman was arrested after firing shots at a local government office on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital on Monday, officials said, just days after a teenager’s killing rampage at a school in the same province reignited debate over gun control. The provincial police commander, Major General Dejrapee Kongdee, said the suspected gunman, a former lawmaker, shot at a senior provincial official and his driver and the alleged shooter had been apprehended. “There were two people wounded, who...A gunman was arrested after firing shots at a local government office on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital on Monday, officials said, just days after a teenager’s killing rampage at a school in the same province reignited debate over gun control. The suspected shooter, a former lawmaker, fired at a senior provincial official and his driver, said Major General Dejrapee Kongdee, the police commander of Nonthaburi, which borders Bangkok. “There were two people wounded, who have been sent to...
- South China Morning Postseen 10 Aug, 16:12headline rewritten
2 injured in Thai government office shooting, ex-MP arrestedFormer Thailand MP arrested after shooting leaves 1 dead, 1 injured - DW Top Storiesseen 12 Aug, 10:08URL changed
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Mon, 10 August 2026
11 reports- South China Morning Post06:27first to reportedited after publishing ×2
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2 injured in Thai government office shooting, ex-MP arrestedA former Thai MP on Monday shot dead a local government official in broad daylight over a financial dispute before being arrested and confessing to journalists at the police station. The shooting came less than a week after a teenager’s deadly rampage at a school in the same province reignited debate over gun control. Chalong Riewrang shot at a senior provincial official and his driver, said Major General Dejrapee Kongdee, the police commander of Nonthaburi, which borders Bangkok. I followed...
- Channel News Asia07:20
Police said the suspected shooter, former lawmaker Chalong Riewrang, fired at the chairman of the Provincial Administrative Organization in Nonthaburi, which borders Bangkok, because of a disagreement over borrowed money.
- Channel News Asia07:20
Former Thai MP Chalong Riewrang was arrested and taken to the police station, said the Nonthaburi police chief.
- DW Top Stories07:47
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The suspected shooter is reportedly a former lawmaker who fired several shots at a senior official at a government office. The incident came just days after Thailand's deadliest shooting in nearly four years.
- DW Top Stories07:47
A former lawmaker confessed to shooting a senior official at a government office over a money dispute, police have said. The incident came just days after Thailand's deadliest shooting in nearly four years.
- Dnevnik.hr (Croatia)08:24
- ABC News (Australia)09:21
A gunman is arrested after firing shots at a local government office on the outskirts of Bangkok with a former member of parliament accused of killing a former colonel whom he had known for years, and wounding his driver.
- BBC News World09:51
Chalong Riewrang called a YouTube livestream to say he had shot a government official.
- Index.hr (Croatia)10:53
BIVŠI tajlandski zastupnik Chalong Riewrang uhićen je nakon što je ustrijelio lokalnog dužnosnika i potom u prijenosu uživo na YouTubeu priznao zločin, što je potaknulo raspravu o kontroli oružja.
- N1 Info (Croatia)11:16
Naoružani napadač ubio je u ponedjeljak tajlandskog dužnosnika u uredu lokalne vlade na periferiji glavnog grada Bangkoka, priopćile su vlasti, nekoli
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- tportal (Croatia)10 Aug, 11:08their copy
- Al Jazeera English12:00
A second shooting has occurred in Thailand within days after a former MP opened fire outside a government office.
Tue, 11 August 2026
2 reports- South China Morning Post09:00
The cremations of the victims of the Debsirin school shooting in the Thai province of Nonthaburi had barely begun when another body was added to the country’s rising toll from gun violence. On Monday morning, a former MP for Nonthaburi fired four rounds at a local official inside a car – then calmly strode away, the pistol tucked back into his belt. Police Colonel Thongchai Yenprasert was shot over an alleged money dispute by 71-year-old Chalong Riewrang, a three-time lawmaker with deep...
- scmp.com09:00
The recent school shooting and killing of an official have raised the tally to 12 in three weeks in the tiny province of Nonthaburi alone.
Wed, 12 August 2026
1 report- theepochtimes.com11:45
Three days after a school shooting that claimed at least six lives, a former lawmaker is under arrest for allegedly gunning down a local government official.
Sun, 16 August 2026
1 report- BBC News World22:09
Recent shootings have highlighted the country's troubled relationship with guns, with laws doing little to curb the violence.