Thai PM suspends firearm purchase licences after 14-year-old kills 9

Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul has suspended issuance of permits to buy ​firearms days after a 14-year-old opened fire and killed nine people. Existing licences would be ‌reviewed and registered firearms must be kept at home ​and not carried in public, he added. Thailand witnessed two shooting incidents last week, another involving a local government official shot dead by an ex-MP.

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