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German Teenagers Shoot Airsoft BBs At Thai King In Bavaria

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A news story on Deutsche Welle will just make our shake our heads in disbelief and may just spark another debate on allowing minors to own airsoft guns. Two German teenagers aged 13 and 14 fired on King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun of Thailand in the Bavarian town of Erding. Reports said that he was unhurt, but this could be treated as a diplomatic incident.

From a garden, the two teenagers fired at the King when he was cycling through Erding. The same teenagers shot at him again when he was passing through in a car on the same day. The entourage of the King informed the police of the two incident leading to the two teenagers being questioned by the police.

"I can confirm that on June 10 at around 11 p.m., two young boys aged 13 and 14 fired rubber pellets with a toy that we call an airsoft gun at a group of cyclists,” said Steinhaus-Koch, prosecutor spokesman in Landshut. While the King did not file a complaint himself, the Bavarian state prosecutor is investigating the 14-year old for attempted criminal assault, whilst the 13-year old is below the age of criminal responsibility. The spokesman also added that the King's aides informed them that he did not wish to press charges

King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun owns a villa in the town of Tutzing on Lake Starnberg southwest of Munich. He spends a lot of time in Bavaria, and photos of him in Munich by the local media are controversial though Thailand’s lese-majeste law does not allow reports on the private life of the Royal family and such reports are blocked in Thailand.

The only son of the much revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit, he accepted the throne in December 2016 after his father passed away last 13 October 2016. He has not yet been crowned formally as the King of Thailand as the country is undergoing a “Year of Mourning” with his father expected to be cremated on the 26th of October 2017. His crowning is expected to take place sometime after that.

 

All photos here are credited to Wikipedia.

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