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Former Thailand MP arrested after shooting leaves 1 dead, 1 injured
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. The shooting came less than a week after a teenager’s deadly rampage at a school in the same province reignited debate over gun control. Chalong Riewrang shot at a senior provincial official and his driver, said Major General Dejrapee Kongdee, the police commander of Nonthaburi, which borders Bangkok. I followed him...
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