A Thai soldier went on a shooting spree, killing 29 people and injuring 57 with a Machine gun in a mall situated in Korat, Northeastern Thailand. The deadliest mass shooting in the history of Thailand culminated in the encounter of the soldier.
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What Happened? A Thai soldier killed 29 people and injured 57 with a machine gun. The motive behind this action is still unclear. According to government officials, the soldier was going through financial crises and disputes at a personal level which led him to take this step out of frustration. Police ended this killing spree after 16 hours with the encounter of the soldier. The soldier was identified as Jakrapanth Thomma. He started the open fire at his house and then moved to an army camp where he killed his commanding officer Colonel Anantharot Krasae. Afterward, he stole guns from Military Arsenal and fled in Humvee to Terminal 21 Mall. There he started shooting recklessly, resulting in a brutal massacre.
Gunman Identification The attacker was a 32-year-old Thailand Army soldier. He was commissioned at an army base about 250km away from the capital Bangkok. He was a sharpshooter and an expert in tactical warfares. “The soldier that started this rampage was a really trained soldier. He was fully armed by robbing ammunition development. At the same time when he went to that mall there were a thousand people in there,” Sean Boonpracong, former National Security Adviser to the Yingluck Shinawatra government said.
Shooting Spree A normal Saturday turned horrible for people inside the mall as the gunman fired hundreds of bullets. It was a very frightening situation for the thousands of people trapped inside the mall. “I heard so many gunshots. He was shooting everywhere and his shots were very precise,” said a survivor, Diaw. A shopper who escaped death very closely said: ” He was aiming for the heads“.
Government’s Response Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha confirmed the death of the shooter in the press conference and declared that the government will shoulder all the cost for the victims’ healthcare and funeral.
Jakrapanth overpowered the security at the weapon arsenal. This was not carelessness. We don’t leave the arsenal depot alone – we had people guarding it. – PM Prayuth Chan-Ocha
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Mass Shooting – A mass shooting is an incident involving multiple victims of firearm violence. There is no widely accepted definition of the term mass shooting. The United States’ FBI defines a “mass murder” as “four or more murdered during an event with no “cooling-off period” between the murders.” Based on this, it is generally agreed that a mass shooting is whenever four or more people are shot (injured or killed), not including the shooter(s). More Info
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