The gunman killed at least 24 children and 11 adults in Thailand before he fled the scene and drove home, where he killed his wife and child before taking his own life, police said.
An image from video shows police and other officials standing near the entrance of a childcare center in Nongbua Lamphu, northeast Thailand, on October 6, 2022, after a gunman opened fire in the facility killing more than 30 people. — At least 24 children and 11 adults were killed Thursday in an attack that began at a childcare center in northeast Thailand, authorities said.
The Reuters news agency quoted Chakkraphat Wichitvaidya, superintendent of Na Klang police station, as telling Thai Rath TV that the attacker was a former police officer who was discharged from the force just last year. Reuters quoted officials as saying the gunman had appeared in court earlier Thursday on drug charges.Family members and other locals wait for news outside a childcare center in the town of Nongbua Lamphu, northeast Thailand, after a mass-shooting at the center on October 6, 2022.
A mug shot released by the Thailand Criminal Investigations Bureau, CIB, shows the suspected assailant in an attack that started in a childcare center in the town of Nongbua Lamphu, northern Thailand, October 6, 2022.Police said a total of two children and 10 adults died outside the childcare center, including the suspect, his wife and his son.
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