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Or Tor Kor Market shooting

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2025 Or Tor Kor Market shooting
A CCTV still of people fleeing the market while gunshots are heard
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LocationOr Tor Kor Market, Bangkok, Thailand
Date28 July 2025
12:31 p.m. (ICT)
TargetSecurity guards
Attack type
Mass shooting, Mass murder, Murder-suicide
Weapon9mm CZ Shadow 2 Semi-Automatic Pistol
Deaths6 (including the perpetrator)
Injured2
PerpetratorNoi Praidaen
MotiveConflict with a security guard

On 28 July 2025, at 12:31 ICT (UTC+7), a mass shooting occurred at the Or Tor Kor Market (Thai: ตลาด อ.ต.ก., RTGS: O To Ko) in Bangkok, Thailand.[1]

A gunman opened fire on people at the market near a donation point, killing four security guards and a vendor and injuring two women. The gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.[2][3]

Background

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Gun ownership rates in Thailand are relatively high for Southeast Asia. Thailand has the highest civilian gun ownership rate in Southeast Asia. Specifically, it has a rate of 15.1 guns per 100 people. Estimates put the number civilian gun owners in the country at more than 10.34 million, while only 6.22 million guns are legally registered. Thailand also has the highest number of gun homicides in Southeast Asia, almost 50 percent more gun homicides than the Philippines.[4][5][6] While Thailand has fairly restrictive laws on gun ownership, gun violence is not unusual and the nation has experienced several deadly mass shootings in recent years.[7][8]

Or Tor Kor Market is a large fresh market in Bangkok's Bang Sue district[9] and is located opposite to the Chatuchak Weekend Market.[10]

Incident

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The perpetrator hijacked a taxi near SC Park, forcing the driver at gunpoint to drive him to Or Tor Kor Market. They parked near Gate 1 at the market, where the perpetrator exited the vehicle and opened fire on security guards, killing three of them at approximately 12:31 ICT.[2][11]

After shooting the guards, the perpetrator entered a building to find a security guard named "Mr. Nan" who he had an ongoing conflict with after a 2020 incident. When he found Mr. Nan, the perpetrator shot him multiple times, killing him. He then started to chase and shoot at other security guards from the building into the market, causing the death of one market vendor and injuring two women.[2][12]

The perpetrator proceeded to sit down on a bench and take his own life via a self-inflicted gunshot wound.[13][14]

Victims

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Six people (including the perpetrator) were killed and two others were injured. The first three security guards killed in the attack were Mr. Wicha Saengdee (age 55), Mr. Preecha Chaiya (age 44) and Mr. Somsak Thetsatomya (age 51). The next fatality and the intended target was Mr. Anan Panchuen (age 55), followed by a vendor Ms. Charoenyanan Satyathanaroj (age 64) and the perpetrator.[15]

The two injured vendors were taken to Phyathai 2 International Hospital.[11]

Perpetrator

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The perpetrator was identified as Noi Praidaen, a 61-year-old resident of Khong district, Nakhon Ratchasima.[16] Praidaen was a former employee of the market[17] and had an ongoing conflict with a security guard named "Mr. Nan" at the market after an incident in 2020 in which he dropped off his wife to sell dried food at the market and parked his car there. Nan was then accused of then slashing the vehicle.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Five people killed in shooting at market in Thailand's Bangkok". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d "ชายไทยบุกยิงในตลาด อตก. เสียชีวิตรวม 6 ราย ตำรวจชี้แรงจูงใจความขัดแย้งส่วนตัว" [Thai man shoots at Or Tor Kor market, killing 6; police say personal conflict was the motive] (in Thai). BBC News. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  3. ^ "คนร้ายกราดยิงในตลาด อตก. ล่าสุดหนีไปจบชีวิตที่ม้านั่งกลางตลาด ดับ 6 ศพ" [The gunman opened fire at the Or Tor Kor market. The latest news is that he escaped and ended his life on a bench in the middle of the market. Six people were killed.] (in Thai). Thairath. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Thailand's fervent gun culture – DW – 02/19/2016". Deutsche Welle.
  5. ^ Olam, Kocha; Stapleton, Anne Claire (3 October 2023). "14-year-old boy arrested after deadly Thai shopping mall shooting". CNN. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  6. ^ Karp, Aaron. Briefing Paper; Estimating Global Civilian-Held Firearms Numbers (PDF) (June 2018 ed.). Geneva: Small Arms Survey; Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Gunman kills five at busy Bangkok fresh food market". euronews. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Thailand: Five killed in Bangkok market mass shooting". www.bbc.com. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  9. ^ "CNN: Or Tor Kor among world's best fresh markets". Bangkok Post. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Chatuchak Weekend Market". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  11. ^ a b "อัปเดต! กราดยิงดับ 5 ศพ ตลาด อ.ต.ก. เขตจตุจักร ล่าสุดคนร้ายยิงตัวตาย". bangkokbiznews (in Thai). 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Thailand: Gunman kills 5 in Bangkok market – DW – 07/28/2025". dw.com. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Shooting at Bangkok Market Leaves Several People Dead". 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Thai gunman kills five at Bangkok market before taking own life, police say". ABC News. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  15. ^ "นาทีกราดยิงตลาด อ.ต.ก. 6 ศพสลดทั้งรปภ.-แม่ค้า หนุ่มคลั่ง-ฆ่าตัวหนีผิด เมียให้การชนวนสังหาร". 4 August 2025.
  16. ^ "Nổ súng ở Bangkok, ít nhất 6 người chết" [Shooting in Bangkok, at least 6 people dead] (in Vietnamese). Dân trí. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  17. ^ Anh, Ngoc (28 July 2025). "Nghi phạm xả súng ở Thái Lan 'do mâu thuẫn cá nhân'".
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