BANGKOK — A plot by a man from Myanmar to rob a gold store in a Bangkok hypermarket by holding a 9-year-old girl hostage ended ignominiously today when a crowd of onlookers surged in to attack him and end a tense stand-off.
The suspect, Min Sa, has been sent to hospital to dress wounds suffered in the brawl and also to undergo a drug test, said Col. Surapong Thanormjit, interim chief of Bang Bua Thong Police Station. The incident was captured on a cellphone, footage of which has been shared widely on social media.
According to Surapong, Min walked to a gold shop at Big C hypermarket in Bang Bua Thong around 1.45pm, drew a knife, and grabbed a nearby girl to hold hostage while he instructed the shopkeepers to hand him gold.