At least 31 killed in mass shooting at Thai nursery

[Vorastra]

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-63156417

At least 31 people have been killed in an attack at a childcare facility in north-eastern Thailand

More than 20 children are among the dead, police say

The gunman is reported to be former police officer Panya Khamrab and Thai media say he killed himself in the wake of the shooting

Reports say the attack began when a man armed with a gun and a knife stormed into the childcare facility in Nong Bua Lamphu province

Panya Khamrab was dismissed from the police force over drugs offences last year, police say

Mass shootings are relatively rare in Thailand, although gun ownership is high for the region

 

[TelkomUseless]

RIP to the kids.

 

[Cray]

Hectic, RIP.

 

[Hemi300c]

Nooo man

RIP Little one's

 

[My_King]

"Mass shootings are relatively rare in Thailand, although gun ownership is high for the region"

Not sure what the point is they were trying to make here? People who legally own guns are expected to make up the majority of mass shootings?

So sad to hear that kids and their care givers had to pay the price for whatever happened here.

Its kids man and poorly paid people that need to look after the kids.

 

[R13...]

Panya Khamrab was dismissed from the police force over drugs offences last year, police say

Imagine how many lives could have been saved if the Thai applied their usual death penalty for drug offences.

 

[dualmeister]

Panya Khamrab was dismissed from the police force over drugs offences last year

Perhaps he was high?
Otherwise how can anyone do such a thing

 

[Neptuner]

Perhaps he was high?
Otherwise how can anyone do such a thing

Many people use drugs, they don't end up going on mass killing sprees. Dude went bananas. He can't be normal killing so many children including his family then pulling the trigger on himself. He probably killed the children of those who he had disagreements with... Why not just kill himself, spiteful bastid!

 

[Vorastra]

Additional

Police confirm gunman is dead
Thai police are confirming media reports that the gunman has shot himself dead.

Local media are also reporting he killed his family after fleeing the attack at the nursery.

Gunman first shot staff including pregnant woman
Some more detail is emerging about the attack.

About 30 children were inside the building when the shooter approached just after lunchtime, a district official told Reuters.

He shot four or five staff - including a teacher who was eight months pregnant, Jidapa Boonsom told Reuters news agency.

"At first people thought it was fireworks," she said.

 

[ForceFate]

Tragic.
RIP


Condolences to families.

 

[wbot]

Yoh. Sick world

 

[konfab]

Police are giving more details about what happened.

The gunman became agitated after arriving at the nursery to find his child was not there, officers say.

He subsequently opened fire on and crashed his vehicle into a crowd of bystanders, before returning home and killing his wife and child, police spokesman Paisan Luesomboon said.

So not an "Incel". Western media is going to have a hard time shoehorning the usual motivations into this one.

 

[MilitantNightElf]

YOU TOLD ME THESE DAFFODILS WHERE HALF PRICE YOU MOTHER***KER!!!

- Famous last words of the Asian nursery shooter.