Thai official hospitalised after shooting at government office and suspect detained, deputy governor says

BANGKOK - A gunman was arrested after firing shots at a local government office on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital on Aug 10, 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 have been sent to hospital for treatment,” Dejrapee told Reuters. Nine people have died and over 20 were injured after a 14-year-old boy allegedly shot his grandparents and then went on a killing spree on Aug 7 at Debsirin Nonthaburi School, before turning the gun on himself, in Thailand’s deadliest mass shooting event in nearly four years. REUTERS