Ex-Thai lawmaker shoots local official dead over financial dispute

A former Thai lawmaker shot and killed a local government official in Nonthaburi over a financial dispute. Learn more about the incident and gun control in

A man was arrested following a shooting incident Monday that killed one and injured another in a government office outside Bangkok, days after a student opened fire at his school and family home in the same province, killing at least eight people.

A former lawmaker confessed to shooting a senior official at a government office over a money dispute, police have said. The incident came just days after Thailand's deadliest shooting in nearly four years.

A former Thai MP on Monday shot dead a local government official in broad daylight over a financial dispute before being arrested and confessing to journalists at the police station

Former Thai lawmaker was arrested Monday after he allegedly fatally shot a local official, days after a school shooting rocked the country.

The alleged attack came just days after a school shooting in the same region in which, authorities said, a gunman killed at least eight people.

Former lawmaker Chalong Riewrang reacts as he is questioned by police officers after he allegedly shot and killed Thongchai Yenprasert, president of the Nonthaburi Provincial Administrative Organisation, in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug 10, 2026. (Photo: Reuters/Arnun Chonmahatrakoo

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