German teenagers who shot toy gun at Thai king spark diplomatic incident

A 14-year-old boy is being investigated for attempted criminal assault after shooting at king’s entourage with non-lethal weapon

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun watches the annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony in central Bangkok, Thailand
King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun at the annual royal ploughing ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
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The assassins ambushed the king at nightfall and fired their shots as the royal’s entourage passed in front of their lair.

As the shooters were 13 and 14 years old, and their weapon of choice an airsoft gun loaded with plastic pellets, the incident that took place in a suburb of Munich on 10 June is unlikely to have consequences as historic as the ambush of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Tiếp tục đọc “German teenagers who shot toy gun at Thai king spark diplomatic incident”