Three suspected Chinese men shot after bungled Bangkok gun shop robbery

A botched robbery by four Mongolian men on a Bangkok gun shop on Friday left one of the intruders dead after a dramatic daytime shoot-out in the city’s Chinatown district, police said.

The men, who police said held Chinese passports, stormed the store with BB-guns in an effort to steal real firearms.

But the were thwarted after the owner of the store opened fire on the robbers.

Armed police quickly joined in the firing and three of the raiders were wounded, with one dying later in hospital.

Officers are still hunting for the leader of the network, who they said has entered Thailand several times.

“They planned the operation well, first surveying the shop one day ahead of the robbery,” national police chief Chakthip Chaijinda told reporters at the scene.