Shooting at pre-school (Thailand)

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Just seen this on the news.

An ex-police office has approached a nursery/pre-school in Thailand, opened fire [edit: "The gunman was armed with a shotgun, a pistol and a knife, according to Thailand's public broadcaster."] killing his wife and children as well as bystanders. Killed "at least" 34 people (including 23 children).

He then ran off and shot himself.

Edit - updated details provide a much more accurate account than the initial reports:
The gunman had been to a court hearing on a drugs charge before he launched his attack, a police spokesperson told reporters.

The former officer was discharged from the police force last year for drug use.


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.
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Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-asia-63156417

This is absolutely horrendous! Literally just dropped my littles ones at school and pre-school this morning - I couldn't imagine that type of thing happening here, madness. Those poor kids, their poor parents, how sad.


I wonder if all Thai police are armed, and this guy kept his service pistol maybe?

I'm so thankful for the strict gun laws in this country.
 
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cu3ed said:
Could happen here as much, its not like I have ever heard of mass shooting in Thailand.
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A quick Google suggests 1 in 10 Thai people have guns (statistically speaking)... which means they're a lot more prevalent there than here, so I don't think it is as likely.
 
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Freefaller said:
But why kill kids? :( I just don't get it... I mean if you're deranged of course it doesn't register... but kids... Perhaps my perception is skewed as a parent... it just really hits you hard.
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Exactly. Somewhere along the way this policeman became abnormal.* Perhaps this may lead to changes to gun licensing in Thailand linked to mental health checks (?).

* edit: oh... "Panya Khamrab was dismissed from the police force over drugs offences last year, police say"
 
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Updated OP with latest info:

The gunman had been to a court hearing on a drugs charge before he launched his attack, a police spokesperson told reporters.

The former officer was discharged from the police force last year for drug use.


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.
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Also:
Eyewitness Paweena Purichan, 31, told the AFP news agency that she had encountered the gunman driving erratically after the attack.

"He intended to crash into others on the road," she said. "The attacker rammed a motorbike and two people were injured. I sped off to get away from him."

She added that the gunman was well known in the local area as a drug addict.
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Bbc:
How did the attack unfold?

The attacker stormed the centre in the town of Uthai Sawan, 500km (310 miles) north-east of Bangkok, at about 12:30 local time (05:30 GMT) on Thursday.

One of the teachers at the centre told local media they thought the man wanted something - after all, they knew him because his son attended the same centre, even though he had not been there for a month.

Carers tried to lock the doors, but the man proceeded to attack indiscriminately.

"The shooter came in around lunchtime and shot four or five officials at the childcare centre first," district official Jidapa Boonsom told Reuters news agency.

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

The attacker, she added, then forced his way into a locked room where children were sleeping, stabbing them. Only one is said to have survived.

A teacher who managed to escape described the knife "like one for cutting grass - it was curved".

From there, the man fled as police were alerted and launched a manhunt.

AFP news agency quotes an eyewitness who was riding a motorcycle to her shop when she saw him driving away erratically.

"The attacker rammed a motorbike and two people were injured. I sped off to get away from him," Paweena Purichan said, adding, "There was blood everywhere."

He fled the scene in a white four-door Toyota pick-up truck with Bangkok registration plates and went home, where he killed himself, his wife and their son, police said.

Who are the victims?

The number of fatalities is at least 38, including 22 children. Some of the children were as young as two.

A number of them were care centre staff, including some killed as they were having lunch outside the nursery and others who tried to lock the man out.

Other adults - and at least one of the children - were killed as the attacker fled from the scene.

At least 12 people have been wounded.
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Jesus, it just gets worse as the details come out.

Drug induced craze? Or simply a disgusting animal?
 
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Dis86 said:
That guy suggested it there for example.
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Hahaha :D That was not exactly a detailed proclamation or call to legalise all drugs, as you suggest. However I can understand how it could be interpretted as such, in the literal, by the nonsensical.

Any proper examples, or are they all of a similar vein?
 
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Dis86 said:
So when you say legalise drugs, you didn't mean legalise drugs?
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I didn't simply blanket "legalise drugs", I said "legslise possession of drugs" specifically in regards to a thread on stop and search, which would lead to positive changes in that regard.

Just one small slice of the psychedelic pie.

To save you inquiring, the entire system needs a reform and there are many aspects which need changes in regulation, criminalisation, prosecution and support structures.
 
Who's being contradictory? A complex question cannot simply be answered with a yes or no, especially for someone trying so hard to force a position on an out of context quote (which has already been clarified enough).

My position is clear for the state I hold it. I've no inclination to hash out detailed changes to laws and services, or even framework ideas on such, to someone who obviously can't let go of any bone they bite regardless of if it's been good for them.
 
Dis86 said:
You. By your statement that possession should be legalised and stating that its now an incredibly complex situation which you can't possibly provide an answer to.

It's not. There are answers.
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My statement... from another thread... about a different subject... where I never actually said possession should be legalised... Can you see why I said I have no inclination to (Dis86 translation to "can't possibly") discuss this subject further with you at this time? I'm gonna do an Angilion here and refer you to post #39.
 
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