Tuol Kork district military police on Thursday sent a military official to the Phnom Penh municipal police station for questioning after he fired his gun four times at the Singatur Shop in Boeung Kak I commune.

District military police spokesman Long Vichetra confirmed on Thursday that the man fired four shots on Wednesday morning. Military police personnel arrested him later that day in Chbar Ampov district’s Prek Aeng commune.

“We sent him to the Phnom Penh municipal police station for legal procedures on Thursday. This shooting did not injure anyone,” he said.

Phnom Penh Military Police commander Roth Sreang declined to comment on the case, referring questions to National Military Police spokesman Eng Hy who could not be reached. Ministry spokesperson Chhum Socheat also could not be reached for comment.

Fresh News identified the man only as Vannak, a military official at the Ministry of National Defence. It reported that a Glock pistol and Vannak’s car were seized.

Lim Sokly, an employee at the Singatur Shop said on Thursday that the shooting took residents by surprise.

He said before the incident, Vannak drank several beers at his shop, something he does regularly. Vannak then took a pistol from his waist, squeezed the trigger, loaded bullets into it and put it on the table.

Having seen this, Sokly said a shop supervisor walked up to him and asked him to put his pistol away, saying guests were frightened.

“Later, Vannak asked a shop employee for the bill and left. Moments later, he came back on a motorcycle, pulled his pistol out, fired four shots at the shop’s logo and he escaped. The shooting did not injure anyone.

“I don’t know if he has problems with anyone but he had no dispute with the shop staff. I think he may be angry with someone outside, was drunk and then opened fire,” Sokly said.