Draft:Koh Samui Mass Shooting

= Koh Samui mass shooting =

Overview
On Koh Samui island, one of the most visited in Thailand, a fatal incident happened on June 24th, 2024. On Choengmon beach in the northeast of the island, a mass shooting happened in Mèlia Hotel next to the Carnival Beach Club. 3 were dead and over 20 had severe injuries.

Background
Mèlia Hotel, one of the rare and very expensive 5-star hotels on Koh Samui, is a prestigious night-stop apartment and is used for tremendous celebrations like family birthdays, Christmas or just for a simple rich night-stop to relax. Here, the incident happened.

The mass shooting rate in Koh Samui is lower that 0.01%, but each 10 years, some incidents happen. This is the worst shooting situation that had ever streamed in Koh Samui. Ownership rates that include gun attacks with a high number of victims are very, very, and very rare in Koh Samui. With a low attention paid to the teenagers that streamed the gun attack, the rate jumps up to 0.2%. Guns are practically banned and civilians are allowed to own pistols or any weapons with only a document that legally consists a police sign that you had legally registered a weapon by some reason.

Some reasons are: you're a soldier and a legal civilian of Thailand that will require to immediately protect the country, or you're a group of weapon carries that apparently protects civilians or themselves.

Situation
Two suspects, who were Burmese teenagers, aged 16-19 years old, entered the hotel on 1:38pm, and requested the staff to use the restroom. Later, they bought a luxury apartment room on the 2nd floor of the hotel. According to the local cop stations, they carried guitar packs which had automatic guns inside.

They went out to a lunch café 160 meters across the left side of the hotel. Approximately till 2:56pm, the teens returned back to the hotel and took a time to set the shooting. According to security cameras, the suspects walked through the hotel for 15 minutes.

The shooting took place on 3:32pm, when out of a sudden, people heard loud gun shots across the hotel. The suspects had hard materials and with them they broke the doors and shot people in the hotel rooms. The staff, hotel security and the first cops to arrive immediately started evacuating people from the hotel. Over 50-60 people stayed at the hotel that moment. The gunmen shot 11 guests, as well as 2 staff members, and 1 security guard.

Afterward, the hotel was on fire and a lot of people got extremely severe injuries with surgeries needed. The security cameras show people evacuating from the hotel as loud gunshots are heard in distance.

Guests' Actions
People were in their rooms, some working, some relaxing, some just laying on bed and watching TV. Suddenly, on 3:32pm, when a Japanese woman started a live stream and got a cup of coffee, she heard a gunshot. 20 seconds later, people started screaming and running out of the hotel as the gunmen started shooting.

Apparently, people ran to the entrance of the hotel, and the gunmen were shooting from all sides. 3 people were fatally shot and died in the attack. In the restaurant, 1 more terrorist had set a fire and shot some people which caused large injuries.