Friends hugged sobbing family members struggling with staggering loss in a rural Thailand community mourning the children and other victims slain by a fired police officer in the nation’s deadliest shooting rampage.
Police speculated the gunman targeted the center because it was near his home. They identified him as Panya Kamrap, 34, a former police sergeant fired earlier this year because of a drug charge involving methamphetamine. He had been due to appear in court Friday.
Hospital and government officials said health workers have completed autopsies on the victims and that their bodies would be brought back to a local administrative office near the daycare center in coffins so that their families could claim them.A video taken by a first responder arriving at the scene showed rescuers rushing into the single-story building past a shattered glass front door, with drops of blood visible on the ground in the entryway.
She said daycare workers inside locked the door, but the attacker shot the door and kicked it until the glass broke. He then went in and attacked the children and workers with his knife and firearm. The attack happened around noon when the children were napping after lunch. Mass shootings are rare but not unheard of in Thailand, which has one of the highest civilian gun ownership rates in Asia, with 15.1 weapons per 100 people compared to only 0.3 in Singapore and 0.25 in Japan. That’s still far lower than the U.S. rate of 120.5 per 100 people, according to a 2017 survey by Australia’s GunPolicy.org nonprofit organization.
Norge Siste Nytt, Norge Overskrifter
Similar News:Du kan også lese nyheter som ligner på denne som vi har samlet inn fra andre nyhetskilder.
Thailand mourns after over 34 die in daycare centre attack targeting childrenThai government buildings flew flags at half mast on Friday to mourn the death of more than 30 people, including 23 children, after an ex-policeman burst into a daycare centre in a knife and gun rampage that left the nation shocked and seeking answers. Most of the children who died at the daycare centre in Uthai Sawan, a town 500 km (310 miles) northeast of Bangkok, on Thursday were stabbed to death, police said, marking one of the worst child death tolls in a massacre by a single killer in recent history. The age range of children at the daycare centre ranged from two to five years, a local official said.
Les mer »
Thailand daycare shooting leaves at least 36 dead, including many childrenA former policeman stormed a daycare center in northeastern Thailand, killing dozens of children and teachers and then firing on more people as he fled.
Les mer »
Thailand daycare attack leaves 37 dead, mostly preschoolers, police sayA former policeman stormed a daycare center in northeastern Thailand, killing dozens of children and teachers and then firing on more people as he fled.
Les mer »