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Rise in gun crime alarms Thai police

Violent crime is on the rise in Bangkok as troublemakers, and particularly teenagers, are increasingly reaching for guns during brawls and in drug-related incidents.

A rise in teenage drug addiction is the main factor behind the tendency for offenders use to guns as a way to end conflicts, Pol Maj Gen Wichai Sangpraphai, deputy chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said.

Read more: Bangkok Post

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