Authorities in northern Thailand begin releasing bodies to relatives after security forces corner and kill soldier who carried out the country's worst mass shooting.
Relatives of mass shooting victims wait outside a morgue to receive the remains at a morgue in Korat, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. Thai officials said the attack was carried out by a single gunman, a disgruntled soldier who opened fire on strangers before he was fatally shot Sunday at a shopping mall.
The gunman, Sgt. Maj. Jakrapanth Thomma, 31, was infuriated at a land deal brokered by his commander's mother-in-law, as far as authorities have been able to determine. She was another of his victims. “We are here today to pray in order to send the souls of those who die to heaven, and we ask the spirits to accept those souls. So those souls can be holy, be in heaven with goodness and beauty," said artist Suwanee Natewong.crisis team to help relatives of the deceased cope with their losses.Cpl. Korakot Ampanngeun said he had been ordered to block a road so no one could go toward the gunman.
The assailant"got out of the car and fired into the window. At that, I ducked down and didn't do anything until I felt that car hit something. It hit a tree."
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