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At least 34 people—including 22 children—were killed on Thursday after a former police officer opened fire inside a daycare center in northeastern Thailand, in ...

[resulted](https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-thailand-shooting-idUKKBN2020T7) in 29 deaths over two days and ended with the soldier being shot dead. [according to](https://www.gunpolicy.org/about) GunPolicy.org run by the University of Sydney. The shooting At the time Reuters [reported](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-shooting-guns-idUSKBN20D25W) that the incident had triggered calls for a re-examining of the country’s gun laws. [Mass murder at child care centre, 34 confirmed slain](https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2408603/mass-murder-at-child-care-centre-34-confirmed-slain) (Bangkok Post) [Thai police: More than 30 killed in childcare center attack](https://apnews.com/article/shootings-thailand-84efe7ba76707f4b3d47ee8394c4f24f) (Associated Press) [reported](https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2408603/mass-murder-at-child-care-centre-34-confirmed-slain).

A former policeman including 22 children in a gun rampage at a daycare centre in eastern Thailand on Thursday, later shooting dead his wife and child at ...

- Gun laws are quite strict in Thailand. - In June 2021, a former soldier fired gunshots in a coronavirus field hospital near Bangkok, killing a 54-year-old patient after earlier shooting dead a convenience store employee. The applicant must be aged at least 20 and first undergo background checks which consider personal conduct, living condition, income and any criminal records. Of those, about 4 million were illegal. - Thais often complain online about a perceived decrease in personal safety and say guns are idolised by some as symbols of power and privilege because they are expensive and not easy to obtain legally. - In February 2020, a soldier angry over a property deal gone sour killed at least 29 people and wounded 57 in a rampage that spanned four locations in and around the northeastern city of Nakhon Ratchasima.

(4th UPDATE) Police identify the attacker as a former member of the force who was dismissed from his post last year over drug allegations and he was facing ...

The attacker forced his way into a locked room where the children were sleeping, Jidapa said. “He started shooting, slashing, killing children at the Utai Sawan daycare center,” Paisal said. Gun laws are strict in Thailand, where possession of an illegal firearm carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years. Illegal weapons, many brought in from strife-torn neighboring countries, are common. “He (attacker) was already stressed and when he couldn’t find his child he got more stressed and started shooting,” police spokesperson Paisal told broadcaster ThaiPBS, adding that the man had then driven home and killed his wife and child there before taking his own life. The man had been in court earlier in the day and had then gone to the daycare center to collect his child, police spokesperson Paisal Luesomboon told broadcaster ThaiPBS.

A former police officer shot dead at least 37 people, many of them children, when he stormed a nursery in Thailand on Thursday in one of the kingdom's ...

In 2020, in one of the kingdom's deadliest incidents in recent years, a soldier gunned down 29 people in a 17-hour rampage and wounded scores more before he was shot dead by commandos. He said the attacker was in a manic state but it was unknown whether it was drug-related. Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha ordered the national police chief to "fast-track an investigation" and said he would travel to the scene of the attack on Friday. "As far as I know he was due in court tomorrow for a drug-related trial," he said. The 34-year-old gunman was a former police sergeant suspended in January and sacked in June for drug use, Damrongsak told reporters. "The shooter smashed down the door with his leg and then came inside and started slashing the children's heads with a knife."

A former policeman killed dozens of people, including 23 children, in a knife-and-gun rampage at a daycare centre.

Gun laws are strict in Thailand where possession of an illegal firearm carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years. “He started shooting, slashing, killing children at the Utai Sawan daycare centre.” The attacker forced his way into a locked room where the children were sleeping, district official Jidapa Boonsom said. “We have to test his blood for drugs,” he said. “There were some staff eating lunch outside the nursery and the attacker parked his car and shot four of them dead,” she said. He later shot dead his wife and child at their home before turning a weapon on himself.

The Philippine Embassy in Thailand on Thursday offered its condolences to the people and the government of the Kingdom of Thailand after a mass shooting ...

“The Embassy is in close contact with the Royal Thai Police for further information. “We are shocked and saddened by the heartbreaking event and we are one with the Thai people in their grief as they face the painful aftermath of this tragedy,” the Embassy said in a statement. The Philippine Embassy in Thailand on Thursday offered its condolences to the people and the government of the Kingdom of Thailand after a mass shooting incident at a childcare center in Nongbua Lamphu province.

A former policeman killed 38 people, including 22 children, in a knife and gun rampage at a daycare centre in Thailand on Thursday, later shooting dead his ...

Gun laws are strict in Thailand, where possession of an illegal firearm carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha was expected to visit the region on Friday. The massacre is among the worst involving children killed by one person. We surrounded his house and then found that he committed suicide in his home," Damrongsak Kittiprapas told reporters. "He started shooting, slashing, killing children at the Uthai Sawan daycare centre," Paisal said. "It's a scene that nobody wants to see.

At least 38 people, including 24 children, were killed in a gun and knife attack Thursday at a childcare center in northern Thailand. It was the country's ...

Mass shootings are rare in Thailand, but this is the second incident in less than three years that has resulted deaths. Images have since emerged online that show children and adults lying in pools of blood on the floor following the deadly attack. It's time for Thailand to wake up and realize that protecting its people means getting this situation under control rather than treating this as a 'one-off' incident that can be ignored," Robertson told VOA via email. rate of 120.5 per 100 people, according to a 2017 survey by Australia's GunPolicy.org nonprofit organization. We stand with the people of Thailand and extend our deepest condolences to those who lost their loved ones today. According to district official Jidapa Boonsom, the gunman had entered the nursery in Uthai Sawan town around lunchtime before shooting four or five staff, including a teacher who was eight months pregnant, before forcing his way into a locked room where children were sleeping and killing them, she told Reuters. But the number of those killed could have been more. "I feel deep sadness toward the victims and their relatives." In 2020, a solider of the Royal Thai army shot and killed 29 people and injured 58 more at a military camp and a shopping mall in Nakhon Ratchasima before being shot and killed by authorities. Thai people seek mental health help much more than before," he told VOA. The motive for the killings is unknown. “We are deeply saddened by the tragedy in Nong Bua Lam Phu province,” he said.

A horrific attack on a childcare centre in northern Thailand that has left dozens dead, prompted strong international condemnation on Thursday.

“No-one should be a target.” No child should be a target or witness of violence anywhere, anytime. “UNICEF condemns all forms of violence against children.

This violence is both senseless and heartbreaking. We stand with the people of Thailand and extend our deepest condolences to those who lost their loved ones ...

We are deeply saddened by the tragedy in Nong Bua Lam Phu Province, where a gunman took the lives of at least 38 people, including 24 children. We stand with the people of Thailand and extend our deepest condolences to those who lost their loved ones today. This violence is both senseless and heartbreaking.

Nation in shock after 37 people, most of them children, were killed, while Thai media question why red flags weren't raised earlier.

In the afternoon, coffins bearing the bodies of the victims were taken to local families, to be handed over to relatives. Teachers had tried to lock the front door to keep him out, but he shot and kicked his way into the building. He had appeared in court earlier on Thursday on a drug charge and was due to appear again on Friday. According to local reports, a tablet costs 10 baht (£0.24) for wholesale, about the same as a bottle of water. Crowds gathered outside a local hospital to see the motorcade pass by. Afterwards, he met families of the victims and handed out compensation cheques.

Thailand's deputy prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, clasped his hands together and bowed his head as the truck, followed by ambulances carrying the bodies of ...

“Nobody wants this to happen. will feel so depressed and saddened,” Anutin said. The children were killed on Thursday by a former policemen, who witnesses said burst into a daycare centre and started shooting and slashing those inside.

The attacker then shot and killed his wife and their 4-year-old child before killing himself, according to officials. The toll in Thursday's massacre surpassed ...

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