BANGKOK, Oct 6, 2022 (AFP) – At least 30 people are dead including 23 children after a man armed with a gun and knife stormed a nursery in northeast Thailand on Thursday, police said.
Police colonel Jakkapat Vijitraithaya from Nong Bua Lam Phu province said there were 23 child victims and the attacker, a former policeman, was still at large.
Man behind Thurs's mass shooting at childcare centre in Nong Bua Lamphu which killed 30, many children, identified by police as former officer, pol sergeant Panya Kamrab. Assailant fled on a white pickup with Bangkok licence plate 6 กธ [Kor Tor]6499. #Thailand #กราดยิงหนองบัวลำภู pic.twitter.com/LrvjXFowzu
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