{"id":6026,"date":"2023-10-04T06:32:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T06:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiasafety.pro\/?p=6026"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:18:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T07:18:35","slug":"emerging-trend-of-active-shooter-events-a-look-at-thailands-recent-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiasafety.pro\/id\/2023\/10\/04\/emerging-trend-of-active-shooter-events-a-look-at-thailands-recent-incidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging Trend of Active Shooter Events: A Look at Thailand&#8217;s Recent Incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Historically predominant in the US, active shooter events have sadly found a foothold in Thailand over the past 12 months, as seen in a recent Thai mall incident reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12588011\/Gunman-opens-fire-Thai-shopping-mall-Terrified-shoppers-flee-panic-police-race-scene.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12588011\/Gunman-opens-fire-Thai-shopping-mall-Terrified-shoppers-flee-panic-police-race-scene.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The article narrates, \u201cA 14-year-old school boy wearing a US-flag cap has killed two people and wounded five others during a shooting rampage at a major shopping centre in Bangkok.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>&#8220;The schoolboy &#8211; whom police said appeared to be suffering from mental illness &#8211; opened fire inside the Siam Paragon building in the centre of the Thai capital on Tuesday afternoon (October 3, 2023) shortly after 4pm local time (10am BST),\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This type of incident emphasizes the growing urgency for enhanced security measures. This trend underlines the necessity for a united front between communities and security experts in Thailand to mitigate such threats, aiming for a safer public space for all across the region. ASP is able to provide recognised best practice and training in dealing with such events, which aligns with situational awareness&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;vigilance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historically predominant in the US, active shooter events have sadly found a foothold in Thailand over the past 12 months, as seen in a recent Thai mall incident reported by the Daily Mail. The article narrates, \u201cA 14-year-old school boy wearing a US-flag cap has killed two people and wounded five others during a shooting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiasafety.pro\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiasafety.pro\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiasafety.pro\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiasafety.pro\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiasafety.pro\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/asiasafety.pro\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7884,"href":"https:\/\/asiasafety.pro\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6026\/revisions\/7884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiasafety.pro\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiasafety.pro\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiasafety.pro\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiasafety.pro\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}