NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Wednesday 4 October 2023

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Police have arrested a teenage gunman after a Chinese, and a Myanmar national were shot and killed at the Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok yesterday afternoon,  five others were injured.

Hundreds of people, including children, were seen screaming and running into the streets after gunshots were heard just after 4pm, the gunman kept firing as he went to the second floor..and then up to the 3rd floor where he was apprehended by police.

The shooter was just 14 years old and had been receiving psychiatric treatment. While many shoppers fled, others hid inside the store for over an hour before making their way outside.

 

Part of the roof at bangkok Hua Mark Stadium collapsed last night just minutes before an event was due to take place, injuring several media personnel.   The collapse followed heavy rain which is believed to have caused a beam to come down, The sports event was cancelled and moved to another location.

 

Bangkok's MRTA will propose three rail projects in Bangkok and Phuket to the ministry of transport. Namely, extensions to the orange and brown lines in the capital and construction of a monorail service in phuket, total expenditure is estimated at some 220 bullion baht. 

Plans are also underway to develop metro systems in ChaingMai, Ubon Ratchathani and Phitsonulok.
Fire damaged two out of three buildings inside Khlong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok' last night. It took firefighters two hours to bring the blaze under control, there were no injuries reported. 

Around The Region:

Indonesia, Human rights groups urged the government to investigate suspected arms sales by state-owned companies to Myanmar, 
The groups legal adviser said: three state-owned arms makers had been selling equipment to Burma via a Myanmar company called True North, which they said was owned by the son of a minister in the military government.

China won gold in the the women's 4x100-meter relay yesterday at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, Thailand won silver and the bronze was won by Malaysia

The Weather:  

 

Meanwhile

Chiang Mai and the north: sunny 34C                    
Bangkok:, cloudy Thundershowers  31C  
Pattaya, Cloudy, Thundershowers  30C     
Phuket and the south:  bright but Cloudy with rain  29C                                                                                            
Hua Hin: bright partly becoming cloudy with rain expected this afternoon . 30C. 

 

Credits: Bangkok Post, The Nation, Asean Now, Khaosod English,  Hua Hin Today, Royal Coast Review, Kulsawek Sawekwannakorn, Thainewsroom.com, The Pattaya News, Phuket News, Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times. The Irrawaddy. Windy.com. Wunderground.com
 

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