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Thai Police Name Suspect in Custody Over Nonthaburi Government Office Shooting

Nonthaburi police have identified on the record the man arrested after shots were fired at a provincial government office outside Bangkok on 10 August 2026.

3 reports on this incident · first at Aug 11, 2026, 1:54 a.m. ET

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 11, 2026, 2:09 a.m. ET
Police in province have named the man taken into custody after a shooting at a local government office on the outskirts of Bangkok on Monday 10 August 2026. The suspect was named on the record as , according to police as reported by The Independent, which named Major Gen. Dejrapee Kongdee as the police commander of . The suspect remains . Police have not stated a motive, and no cause or explanation for the shooting has been established. One of those hit was Thongchai Yenprasert, president of the Provincial Administrative Organisation, whose identity was released by officials as reported by both Nikkei Asia and The Independent. 's provincial governor, Chettha Mosikarat, said: "He still has pulse and has been sent in for an operation because the bullet hit his neck and cut through major veins," adding that "the doctors decided to perform an operation to stitch the damaged veins." Accounts of the toll differ. Major Gen. Dejrapee Kongdee said: "There were people wounded, who have been sent to hospital for treatment," as reported by both Nikkei Asia and The Independent; The Independent also reported one person killed. Neither figure has been reconciled in the available reporting, and no source outweighs the other. The location has been given at level by both outlets: The Independent placed the shooting outside the provincial office building, the office of the Provincial Administrative Organisation, while Nikkei Asia described it as the , a local government office on the outskirts of the Thai capital. Nikkei Asia reported that officials said a gunman fired shots at the office and was arrested. The incident is no longer active. Thailand's prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, said: "No one has the right to carry a firearm, especially in a public place."

Earlier reports

  1. Aug 11, 2026, 1:56 a.m. ET

    Officials Have Not Released Identities of Those Wounded in Nonthaburi Government Office Shooting

    Officials have not released the identities of the two people wounded when a gunman fired shots at the Nonthaburi Provincial Administrative Organization office, a local government office on the outskirts of Bangkok, on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. Nikkei Asia reported that Major Gen. Dejrapee Kongdee, the police commander of Nonthaburi, said: "There were two people wounded, who have been sent to hospital for treatment." No further information on their conditions is on the record.

    Nonthaburi police responded, and the gunman was arrested and is in custody, according to officials as reported by Nikkei Asia. The incident is no longer active. Police have not said what led to the shooting, and no cause or motive has been established.

    Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said: "No one has the right to carry a firearm, especially in a public place," according to Nikkei Asia. The same report carried a statement from Withan Promsintusak, director of Debsirin School in Bangkok, who said: "We never imagined that a school, which should be the safest place, is where something like this would happen."

  2. Aug 11, 2026, 1:54 a.m. ETFirst report

    Two wounded in shooting at local government office in Nonthaburi, Thailand

    Two people were wounded when a gunman fired shots at the Nonthaburi Provincial Administrative Organization office, a local government office on the outskirts of Thailand's capital, Bangkok, on Monday, August 10, according to Nikkei Asia. Officials said the gunman was arrested, and the suspect is in custody. The situation is no longer active.

    "There were two people wounded, who have been sent to hospital for treatment," said Major Gen. Dejrapee Kongdee, the police commander of Nonthaburi, as reported by Nikkei Asia. Officials have not released the identities of those wounded.

    Nonthaburi police are the responding agency. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said: "No one has the right to carry a firearm, especially in a public place."

    The cause and circumstances of the shooting have not been determined, and police have not said what led to it. This is a developing story; further details from officials had not been released at the time of publication.

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