People flee major Bangkok shopping centre after hearing ‘gunshots’

Ambulances outside the Siam Paragon shopping centre in Bangkok (AP Photo/Tian Macleod Ji)

Hundreds of people have fled a major shopping centre in Thailand’s capital Bangkok after what sounded like gunshots were heard inside.

It was not immediately clear if shots had been fired, though police said there were injuries and some frightened shoppers were still sheltering inside the Siam Paragon shopping centre.