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| Thailand shooting: Many children among dead in pre-school attack | Thailand shooting: Many children among dead in pre-school attack |
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| The nursery after the killing spree - the attacker is reported to have shot and stabbed his victims | The nursery after the killing spree - the attacker is reported to have shot and stabbed his victims |
| An ex-policeman has killed at least 38 people, most of them children, in a gun and knife attack at a pre-school daycare centre in north-east Thailand. | |
| Police say he then killed himself and his family after a manhunt following the attack in Nong Bua Lamphu province. | Police say he then killed himself and his family after a manhunt following the attack in Nong Bua Lamphu province. |
| Children and adults are among the casualties at the nursery - police say the attacker shot and stabbed his victims before fleeing the scene. | Children and adults are among the casualties at the nursery - police say the attacker shot and stabbed his victims before fleeing the scene. |
| The former officer, aged 34, was sacked in June for drug use, police said. | |
| A teacher who survived the attack told Thailand's Thairath TV the gunman used to drop off his child at the nursery and had seemed polite. A motive for the attack remains unclear. | A teacher who survived the attack told Thailand's Thairath TV the gunman used to drop off his child at the nursery and had seemed polite. A motive for the attack remains unclear. |
| At least 22 children were among the dead in the mass killing in the town of Utthai Sawan. Some victims aged as young as two were attacked as they slept. A dozen people who were injured have been taken to Nong Bua Lamphu district hospital. | At least 22 children were among the dead in the mass killing in the town of Utthai Sawan. Some victims aged as young as two were attacked as they slept. A dozen people who were injured have been taken to Nong Bua Lamphu district hospital. |
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| "The shooter came in around lunchtime and shot four or five officials at the childcare centre first," a local official Jidapa Boonsom, who was working nearby, told Reuters news agency. One of them was a teacher who was eight months pregnant, | "The shooter came in around lunchtime and shot four or five officials at the childcare centre first," a local official Jidapa Boonsom, who was working nearby, told Reuters news agency. One of them was a teacher who was eight months pregnant, |
| "At first people thought it was fireworks," she said, adding the gunman then forced entry to a locked room where children were sleeping. | "At first people thought it was fireworks," she said, adding the gunman then forced entry to a locked room where children were sleeping. |
| Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha described the shooting as "a shocking event". | Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha described the shooting as "a shocking event". |
| Police named the attacker as Panya Kamrab, a local man who had been a police lieutenant colonel before he was dismissed last year for drug use. | Police named the attacker as Panya Kamrab, a local man who had been a police lieutenant colonel before he was dismissed last year for drug use. |
| Armed with a shotgun, a pistol and a knife, he stormed the nursery at about 12:30 pm (0530 GMT). | Armed with a shotgun, a pistol and a knife, he stormed the nursery at about 12:30 pm (0530 GMT). |
| The details of what followed are still emerging, but after the killing spree the attacker fled the scene in a white-four door Toyota pick-up truck with Bangkok registration plates, according to police, who launched a search for him and warned locals to keep indoors for their own safety. | The details of what followed are still emerging, but after the killing spree the attacker fled the scene in a white-four door Toyota pick-up truck with Bangkok registration plates, according to police, who launched a search for him and warned locals to keep indoors for their own safety. |
| Eyewitnesses were quoted saying the attacker had driven into bystanders, injuring several people, as he made his escape. | Eyewitnesses were quoted saying the attacker had driven into bystanders, injuring several people, as he made his escape. |
| #กราดยิง #หนองบัวลำภู Gunman identified by police as 34-year-old Panya Kamrab. He reportedly fled the scene in a white Toyota pick-up truck pic.twitter.com/LWSATXgy4K | #กราดยิง #หนองบัวลำภู Gunman identified by police as 34-year-old Panya Kamrab. He reportedly fled the scene in a white Toyota pick-up truck pic.twitter.com/LWSATXgy4K |
| Police say Kamrab returned home, killing his wife and child before taking his own life. | Police say Kamrab returned home, killing his wife and child before taking his own life. |
| Mass shootings in Thailand are rare although gun ownership rates are relatively high for the region. Illegal weapons are also common in the south-east Asian country, according to the Reuters news agency. | Mass shootings in Thailand are rare although gun ownership rates are relatively high for the region. Illegal weapons are also common in the south-east Asian country, according to the Reuters news agency. |
| The nursery attack comes less than a month after an army officer shot dead two of his colleagues at a base in Bangkok. | The nursery attack comes less than a month after an army officer shot dead two of his colleagues at a base in Bangkok. |
| In 2020 a soldier killed 29 people and injured dozens more in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima. | In 2020 a soldier killed 29 people and injured dozens more in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima. |