At least four people were killed in a shooting in southern Thailand on Saturday, police said, with local media reporting that officers were still searching for the suspect.
The attack started at about 5 p.m. , in Khiri Rat Nikhom district in Surat Thani province -- roughly 600 kilometers south of the capital Bangkok.
"Four people died," local head of police Kriangkrai Kraikaew told AFP, declining to give further details.Thailand has high rates of gun ownership and there has been a steady trickle of violent incidents in the past 12 months, including one of the deadliest attacks in recent history.36 people, 24 of them children, in the northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province.
And last month, three people were killed and another three wounded in a Phetchaburi province shooting, which ended only after a 15-hour standoff. —
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