Last Thursday, the 29th, there was a mass shooting at a day care center in Thailand, where at least 34 people, including 23 children, were murdered in cold blood by a gunman. This shooting took place in the province of Nong Bua Lamphu, in the northeast of the Asian country and is 500 kilometers away from the capital Bangkok, earlier that afternoon. Keep reading and learn more about what happened.
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The shooter was reportedly a former police officer.
According to Thai police, the gunman, Panya Khamrab, was a former police officer. After the first attempts to capture the killer, the country's prime minister issued a general alert to all communication agencies. “I ordered the chief of police to immediately go to the scene to take the necessary measures and all parties involved to provide immediate relief to all affected people," said Prayuth Chan-Ocha, Prime Minister of Thailand, in a communicated.
Police Colonel Jakkapat Vijitraithaya, from the province where the attacks took place, identified Panya, the former police officer, as the perpetrator. Panya Khamrab was fired the year before for drug abuse, AFP reported.
how it all happened
The gunman ran over employees, and after he got out of the car he started shooting at other daycare employees. According to reports, he invaded a room, where the children were resting, looking for his son, who was a student at the daycare center. While he couldn't find the boy, he stabbed other children and teachers at the school, one of whom was eight months pregnant, according to information from the Thai police. “He was already very stressed, and when he couldn't find his son, he started shooting,” a local police spokesman told ThaisPBS TV.
Then he fled the daycare building. At least two bodies were found on the center floor covered in white sheets, Reuters reported. Still according to the largest international news agency in the world, Panya Khamrab would also have murdered his own family, son and wife, before taking his own life. These latest events took place shortly after the daycare shooting, according to information from Thai police authorities.
The attack is already being hailed as the deadliest in Thai history. Mass shootings are very rare in the country. 12 people, including children, were hospitalized.
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