Ex cop kills 22 children in thailand

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• Asia Pacific

3 minute readOctober 6, 20227:49 AM EDTLast Updated 10 min ago

Ex-cop kills 22 children, 12 others in Thai mass shooting

Reuters

• Summary

• Attacker identified as ex-policeman dismissed last year
• Had been in court earlier in the day on drugs charge
• Attack began at lunchtime, distraught parents await news
• Police official: Witnesses saw attacker also wielding knife

BANGKOK, Oct 6 (Reuters) - A former policeman killed 34 people including 22 children in a gun rampage at a daycare centre in Thailand on Thursday, later shooting dead his wife and child at their home before turning his weapon on himself, police officials said.

Police identified the attacker as a former member of the force who was dismissed from his post last year over drug allegations.

The man had been facing trial on a drugs charge and had been in court in the hours before the shooting, a police spokesperson told broadcaster ThaiPBS.

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He had come to collect his child from the daycare centre but opened fire when he did not find the child there, the spokesperson said.

District police official Chakkraphat Wichitvaidya cited witnesses as saying the gunman was also seen wielding a knife in the attack in Uthai Sawan, a town 500 km (310 miles) northeast of Bangkok in the province of Nong Bua Lamphu.

Paisal Luesomboon, a police spokesperson, also told ThaiPBS that witnesses reported seeing the attacker use a knife and a gun. "He started shooting, slashing, killing children at the Utai Sawan daycare centre," Paisal said.

 

 

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Very sad…