A gunman was arrested after firing shots at a local government office on the outskirts of Thailand's capital on Monday, officials said, just days after a teenager's killing spree at a school in the same province reignited debate over gun control, Reuters reports.
The suspected shooter, a former lawmaker, fired at a senior provincial official and his driver, said Major General Dejrapee Kongdee, the police commander of Nonthaburi, which borders Bangkok.
"There were two people wounded, who have been sent to hospital for treatment," Dejrapee told Reuters.
Thailand has been reeling from a 14-year-old boy's rampage on Friday -- first at his home and then at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School -- that left nine people dead, including the shooter, and over 20 wounded in the country's deadliest mass shooting in nearly four years.
Thai school children returned to their classrooms on Monday, some going through metal detectors and other checks, as Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul reiterated his intention to tighten gun controls in the wake of Friday's school shooting.
At Debsirin School in Bangkok, a sister institution to where Friday's shooting took place, authorities installed metal detectors and stepped up security as students returned to classrooms after the weekend.
School director Withan Promsintusak said officials had acted immediately after the attack, introducing weapons screening to reassure parents and protect students.
"We never imagined that a school, which should be the safest place, is where something like this would happen," he said.
ThidaratSongrat, the 54-year-old grandmother of a student, said weapons screening was necessary because schools could not otherwise determine whether students might be carrying dangerous objects.
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