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A gunman shot and killed five people at a popular fresh food market in the Thai capital on Monday before killing himself, police said, attributing the shooting to a personal grudge. The victims included four security guards at the Or Tor Kor market in northern Bangkok,

At least six people were killed in a mass shooting at Bangkok’s Or Tor Kor Market on Monday, before the gunman took his own life, police said. Authorities are investigating the motive and any potential link to ongoing border clashes with Cambodia.

In October 2023, a 14-year-old suspect used a modified handgun to kill two people and injure five others at a luxury mall in central Bangkok. In 2022, a former police officer killed 36 people, including 22 children, in a gun-and-knife attack at a nursery in eastern Thailand. AFP, REUTERS

Long-festering tensions over border territory have escalated into armed conflict between Cambodia and Thailand, leading to dozens of deaths on both sides and displacing tens of thousands of people

Thailand and Cambodia traded accusations of fresh attacks Saturday as deadly border clashes entered a third day and President Donald Trump joined a chorus of international voices calling for a ceasefire.

The fighting intensified and spread to new areas despite international calls for a ceasefire. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The UN has called for a peaceful solution to the latest flare-up in the long-running border conflict between the two nations.