Gunman fires inside Thai government office as country reels from school shooting

​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 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 injured after a 14-year-old boy allegedly shot his grandparents and then went on a killing spree on Friday at Debsirin Nonthaburi School, before turning the ‌gun on himself, in Thailand's deadliest mass shooting event 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.