Thailand mass killing

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha visited the site on Friday. Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida were expected to go to hospitals, where seven ...

He had been due to appear in court on Friday. Some of them were still in their afternoon naps,” said 29-year-old Bangkok resident Chamita Itthiponwitoon. More than 4.7 million people had sent posts by Friday afternoon under a Thai hashtag that translated as #MassShootingNongBuaLamphu. They were small kids, they did not deserve this. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha visited the site on Friday. [Grief and anger have engulfed Thailand](/news/2022/10/7/the-children-were-sleeping-witness-to-thai-nursery-massacre) a day after the mass killing of children and adults at a preschool daycare centre by a former Thai police officer who went on a rampage of stabbing and shooting before he shot his wife, child, and himself.

There is a thriving black market for illegal firearms. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In 2019, there were 31,419 gun-related crimes, according to the Royal Thai Police. Police General Damrongsak said Panya - who killed himself after shooting his wife and child too - did not have a drug abuse record when he applied to the force. Thursday's mass shooting that left 37 people dead, including the shooter, is the most fatal in recent Thai history. These were targeted to be sold online, where such items are reportedly cheaper and buyers need not go through extensive background checks. They also have to undergo background checks, and former convicts, drug abusers, disabled persons, mentally unsound individuals and minors are ruled out. [The mass killing of 22 children in a childcare centre](https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/ex-cop-kills-at-least-38-including-22-children-in-thailand-daycare-mass-shooting) in north-eastern Thailand by a former police officer armed with a knife and a gun has turned attention to the issues of gun violence and gun ownership laws.

Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra urged the government to "speed up the suppression of drugs, especially methamphetamine tablets.”

[killing spree in Thailand](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/10/07/asia-pacific/thailand-massacre-children/) that left two dozen preschoolers dead, calls are mounting for a national crackdown on the cartels that traffic billions of dollars of illicit substances a year. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra urged the government to “speed up the suppression of drugs, especially methamphetamine tablets.” The former prime minister, who is in self-imposed exile, led a yearslong anti-drugs war in the early 2000s in which about 2,500 people were killed.

Rampage that began at a child-care center in the country's northeast and left 36 people dead has shattered a rural community.

He would call her “Yai Aoy, Yai Aoy,” meaning Granny Aoy, and loved to play with her phone, she said. She worries about the health of her pregnant daughter, the boy’s mother. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan -ocha announced compensation for the victims’ families and expressed his sorrow at the killings. The killer had been fired from the police force this year for possession of methamphetamine. Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn had earlier declared the victims and their families would receive royal patronage, meaning the monarch will pay for funeral expenses and ceremonies. Grieving families gathered at temples in the district, around 330 miles from the capital Bangkok, on Friday to formally identify their dead.

At least 38 people were killed in a northeastern Thailand town on Thursday, according to the police.

[Among the slain](https://time.com/5886694/thanathorn-juangroongruangkit-thailand-protests-monarchy-military/) were the shooter’s superior officer, as well as the officer’s mother-in-law, who was accused of cheating the soldier in a lucrative land deal. [said](https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/1577944364076220417) that she was “shocked” by the shooting. Damrongsak, the national police chief, [said](https://www.thaipbsworld.com/police-chief-confirms-assailant-had-history-of-drug-use/) at a news conference that the assailant had been at a hearing over the drug charges on Thursday morning and was due to be sentenced on Friday. [told ThaiPBS](https://www.thaipbsworld.com/gunman-who-massacres-35-people-in-nong-bua-lam-phu-kills-himself/) that the attacker appeared under the influence of drugs and that he had been discharged last year for alleged drug abuse. In February 2020, a 31-year-old soldier in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima [killed 29 people](https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-thailand-shooting-idUKKBN2020T7) and wounded 57 before being shot dead. We condemn this act of violence and stand ready to assist our long-standing ally Thailand in whatever they need.” stands with the Thai people at this terrible time.” At least 10 others were injured, including six critically, a police spokesman [told](https://apnews.com/article/shootings-thailand-84efe7ba76707f4b3d47ee8394c4f24f) the Associated Press. The Thai government The publication added that a rare public visit from the nation’s King, Maha Vajiralongkorn, is expected on Friday evening. The publication added that in the background of videos, family members outside the center could be heard weeping as emergency services gathered on scene. The attacker also shot at least nine other people dead as he fled.

Not only was the death toll high at 37, but the fact that most victims were preschoolers has sent a chill through Thai society, prompting King Maha ...

Ammy, who's 3 years old, was curled under her blanket during the attack by the gunman, who attacked a daycare centre while the children were napping. She was ...

“We have to keep telling her the school is closed down,” her mum said. She is too young to understand the concept of death. It does not appear that she was affected by the incident, but she kept asking about her best friend, who passed away. Ms Srithong works in Bangkok during the week and had to be convinced that Ammy was alive through a video call. Ammy, who’s 3 years old, was curled under her blanket during the attack by the gunman, who attacked a daycare centre while the children were napping. The mother of a child survivor has called her survival a “miracle”, after 37 people, including 24 children were