Three people have been killed in a shooting at a luxury shopping mall in the centre of the capital, Bangkok.
Four other people were injured in the incident at Siam Paragon centre, including a foreign national.
A suspect, 14, has been arrested after surrendering. He had been using a handgun, police said.
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said the situation had been brought under control at the centre, which is and is popular with both locals and tourists.
Footage on social media earlier showed shoppers running out of the centre, which was quickly evacuated and had its doors closed.
Nearby Siam metro station was also shut.
People posted videos, apparently taken from inside the mall. In one, four loud noises which sound like gunshots can be clearly heard in the busy complex.
Witnesses also said they had taken to hiding inside shops and bathrooms.
Jakkraphan Nakharisi, 29, an ice cream seller who has worked at the mall for two years, told the BBC that he didn't realise at first that the noises were gunshots.
"There were 4-5 of them. And then silence. Then there were probably another two shots. Then I heard someone in my shop shout "there's some shooting!"
"I ducked behind the ice cream tank immediately. I didn't know where to run. I thought I couldn't just go out recklessly."
He said he heard security guards escort people off the premises, before he left "no more than 10 minutes after the shooting".
Siam Paragon is one of the most visited places in Asia.
Mass shootings in Thailand are rare, although gun ownership rates are relatively high for the region.
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 last year.
In 2020, a soldier killed 29 people and injured dozens more in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66994274
14 year old arrested after Bangkok mall shooting kills at least 3
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