Former Thai MP Chalong Riewrang arrested after alleged shooting

The other was his driver, he said, without providing details of his condition.

Local media said a private dispute may have been the cause of the alleged shooting but the police chief declined to comment.

Chalong was formerly a member of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s party.

On Friday, a 14-year-old boy shot dead the grandparents who raised him in Nonthaburi before killing six others at his school and then turning the gun on himself.

Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the region, with around 10 million firearms estimated to be in circulation -- roughly one for every seven inhabitants.

Officials have promised stricter gun laws since Friday’s shooting, but previous pledges have failed to prevent repeated shootings.

- AFP