00:00 The Bangkok-Thailand-Myanmar-Singapore-Berlin-Kong-Kong shopping mall
00:02 was hit by a terrorist attack yesterday,
00:04 causing many deaths.
00:05 The location of the incident is a famous tourist attraction in Bangkok,
00:09 and the shooter who shot and killed people.
00:11 Hey, guys, he's only 14 years old this year.
00:14 As the shooter's face was exposed on the Internet,
00:17 social media began to dig out the background of this shooter.
00:20 It is said that the parents of the young shooter are all professors,
00:24 and he studied at a local private school.
00:27 The tuition for a semester is nearly $4000,
00:30 almost $20,000.
00:31 So he should live in a relatively rich family.
00:36 Another netizen broke the news on Xiaohongshu.
00:38 He was alarmed after reading the news.
00:40 He was in Thailand this summer,
00:42 and he had seen a shooter at a shooting range.
00:46 This netizen said that the shooter was practicing shooting.
00:50 He shot at least 100 bullets that day.
00:52 This shooter is not a 14-year-old boy.
00:56 At the same time, another video of the shooter practicing shooting at the shooting range
01:00 was also circulating on social media.
01:02 He was wearing a dark gray duck-nosed hat,
01:05 and he was shooting with a skilled and steady posture.
01:08 It was amazing.
01:10 Of course, this is a rumor on the Internet.
01:12 Is it true?
01:14 We still have to test it.
01:15 According to the initial investigation by the Thai police,
01:18 the shooter used a 9mm Glock 19 air rifle.
01:24 The police revealed that the shooter bought the air rifle on the Internet.
01:28 Originally, this rifle could only fire a shell,
01:31 but the shooter could modify it himself
01:34 and turn it into a gun that could fire real bullets.
01:38 Later, the police also searched the shooter's home
01:41 and found a box of bullets in his room,
01:44 bullets scattered in the room in various corners,
01:46 and a practice gun that had been used.
01:50 Why did a young man kill someone for no reason?
01:54 The police are still trying to figure out the motive.
01:58 According to a report by Bangkok Post,
02:00 the shooter's name is Paduwan.
02:02 He was once treated for mental illness,
02:04 but he has not been released for a while.
02:06 Someone filmed the moment the shooter fell into the net.
02:09 He was wearing a duck-nosed hat,
02:10 and his hands were tied back.
02:12 He was in a state of mental disarray.
02:16 When he was interrogated after falling into the net,
02:18 he claimed to have designed the game.
02:21 He also told the police that he thought someone was going to attack him,
02:24 so he fired the gun.
02:27 The Bangkok shopping center has a terrorist shooting case,
02:29 which has also brought the issue of Thai black guns to the table again.
02:34 Data from the Thai Development Institute shows
02:36 that there are nearly 70 million people in Thailand,
02:39 and about 15 people have a gun every 100 people.
02:43 Of these guns,
02:44 only 60% are legally registered guns,
02:47 and the other 40% are illegal guns.
02:50 So Thailand is not only one of the countries with the highest gun use rate in Asia,
02:55 but also ranked second in Southeast Asia
02:57 after Pakistan,
03:02 only second to the Philippines.
03:04 In fact, in Thailand,
03:06 people can easily buy guns,
03:08 and even find them online,
03:10 and can also get a discount.
03:12 Some netizens described that it is easier to buy guns in Thailand than to buy vegetables.
03:17 An ordinary pistol costs about 90,000 Thai baht,
03:20 which is about 11,500 Thai baht.
03:23 Although the gun law in Thailand is relatively strict,
03:26 weapons that are not legally registered or have no legal provisions
03:29 will face life imprisonment or even death.
03:32 Even if you legally own a gun,
03:34 the body, magazine and bullet must be kept separately,
03:37 and can only be kept at home,
03:38 and cannot be held in a public place,
03:40 otherwise it is against the Gun Control Act.
03:43 But the real legal power is very little.
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