This is the horrific chilling moment a gunman who killed six people in a mass shooting at a Bangkok market stalked his victims before their deaths.
The deadly incident occurred at a popular fresh food market in Thailand‘s capital at around 1pm local time on Monday, police said. Five security guards were killed, while one bystander was injured.
Local media is currently reporting that the shooting took place at the Or Tor Kor market in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district, a popular destination for tourists.
The perpetrator, who is reportedly a 61-year-old man named by police as Nai Noi, took his own life following the attack.
In haunting footage taken at the scene, Noi was seen wearing a black T-shirt and cream shorts while wearing a camouflage-patterned backpack on his front.
The man, holding a handgun in his right hard, was seen storming towards the popular market.
Separate footage, taken from inside the market, showed terrified shoppers screaming and running away as Noi fired off several shots.
After carrying out the attack, he reportedly shot himself on a nearby bench.
Noi was seen wearing a black T-shirt and cream shorts while wearing a camouflage-patterned backpack on his front
Separate footage, taken from inside the market, showed terrified shoppers screaming and running away as Noi fired off several shots.
At least six people have been killed after a mass shooting in a market in Bangkok, Thailand
The incident took place near a collection point for aid for victims of the Thailand-Cambodia border clashes.
‘Police are investigating the motive. So far it’s a mass shooting,’ Bang Sue deputy police chief Worapat Sukthai told AFP.
He said police were working to identify the dead perpertrator, as well as probing ‘for any possible link’ to the current border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia.
Local cops have now revealed, following interviews with the perpetrator’s wife, that the man had a long-standing grudge against a security guard at the market.
The feud, which had been ongoing since 2019, began after Noi found his the tyres on the car owned by his wife, who worked at the market, slashed.
Noi, who police said was a heavy drinker, believed the guard was the one who slashed his wife’s tyres. He is said to have reported the incident to local officials, though nothing came of this.
His wife reportedly told police that he was a violent man who sometimes abused her.
Pol. Lt. Gen. Sayam told local media: ‘The perpetrator is Thai. There was no other motive. It was a personal conflict between him and the security guard of Or Tor Kor. It was not related to the sabotage incident.
‘Before the incident, he was still talking to his wife on the phone. There was no contract for the incident. At the time of the incident, his wife was selling things. When she heard the gunshot, she ran away.
‘I later found out that the perpetrator who shot and killed the person was his husband. The gun belonged to the perpetrator, a 9 mm. pistol.
Onlookers are distraught by the shooting at Or Tor Kor wet market on July 28, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand
The incident took place near a collection point for aid for victims of the Thailand-Cambodia border clashes
‘From the investigation, there was one round stuck in the chamber. There was no history of drug use, but he was a heavy drinker.’
Five of the people killed by the gunman were security guards at the market, police said.
National police chief Kitrat Phanphet said an urgent investigation had been ordered, with officers combing CCTV footage of the attack.
Tourism is a key economic driver in Thailand, Southeast Asia’s second largest economy, where growth has been sluggish and such incidents can potentially dampen sentiment.
Guns are easily obtained in Thailand due to lax gun control enforcement, making mass shootings common.
In October 2023, a 14-year-old suspect used a modified handgun to kill two people and injure five others at a luxury mall in central Bangkok.
A year earlier, a former police officer killed 36 people, including 22 children, in a gun-and-knife attack at a nursery in eastern Thailand.
This is a breaking news story with more to follow.
