A gunman called a Thai TV host during a live broadcast and admitted to shooting at a local government office in Nonthaburi province on Monday (10 August). Thongchai Yenprasert, the president of the Nonthaburi Provincial Administrative Organisation, died in hospital while receiving treatment after he was shot multiple times, according to officials. A well-known former lawmaker, Chalong Reawraeng, has claimed responsibility for the attack. He first claimed it in a phone call to Anchalee Paireerak, a popular political commentator, who was livestreaming on YouTube at the time. The presenter said on the livestream: “You just shot him just now? Is he dead? Did he die? “Don't go anywhere, you have to wait there for the police, don't move around." Viewers were not able to hear the caller.

BANGKOK -- The official, who was shot earlier on Monday in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, has died, according to Thai media reports.

A former lawmaker was arrested after allegedly firing shots at a local government office near Thailands capital on Monday, wounding two people, police said. The incident came days…

A local government official was hospitalised after being shot at a government office in Nonthaburi, on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital, on Monday, officials said.

Two people – a senior provincial official and his driver – have been seriously injured