Thai soldier kills 'many' in shooting rampage

[BabyBlade]

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A Thai soldier has shot dead "many people" in and around city of Korat, north-east of Bangkok, reports say.

Posts on social media appear to show the scene of a shooting near a shopping centre in the city, which is also known as Nakhon Ratchasima.

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Pictures are being shared all over Social Media now. RIP.

 

[BabyBlade]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158227236934874&id=786759873

 

[Sissypoo]

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/thai-soldier-livestreamed-shooting-rampage-korat-police-12411518

BANGKOK: A Thai soldier killed at least 10 people in a livestreamed shooting on Saturday (Feb 😎 in the northeastern city of Korat, police said.

There are "more than 10 dead" and many injured, police spokesman Krissana Pattanacharoen told AFP, as authorities sealed off a shopping centre in pursuit of the suspect.

"The gunman used a machine gun and shot innocent victims resulting in many injured and dead," a police spokesperson told AFP, with local media reporting as many as 12 fatalities.

"I cannot confirm the death toll right now, police sealed off the area."

The gunman, identified by police as Sergeant Major Jakapanth Thomma, stole an army vehicle and also posted photos and video of himself in full tactical gear as the attack in Korat was carried out.

Video and photos circulating online showed panicked scenes, with people fleeing and what appeared to be the sound of automatic gunfire filling the air.

According to social media posts, the gunman also opened fire inside a shopping mall, Terminal 21 Korat.

Police in the province said they have sealed off the mall but have yet to capture the gunman.

The gunman reportedly posted on Facebook during his rampage; two of those posts said: "Should I surrender (give up)?" and "Well I stopped already".

Other posts that followed said "Getting wealthy from cheating (corruption) and taking advantage of others. Do they think they can take their money to use in hell?" and "Are those three dead yet?"

Several social media users also posted snippets of what appeared to be a livestream of the gunman panning the video to show the area around him.

Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world but mass shootings by soldiers targeting civilians are rare.

Several shootings at courthouses late last year also renewed concern about gun violence in the Southeast Asia country.

In one high-profile case, two lawyers were shot dead by a clerk at a court in the east of the country during a hearing over a land dispute.

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[Windwaver]

Virus got some other effects 

[Thaiyotakamli]

Heard now could be 26 death

[BabyBlade]

16 minutes ago, Thaiyotakamli said:

Heard now could be 26 death

And the killer not caught yet?

[Thaiyotakamli]

2 hours ago, BabyBlade said:

And the killer not caught yet?

Heard he held hostages

[steveluv]

Gunman killed at 9.05am. 

 The gunman 

 

[steveluv]

27 dead 57 injured 

[Windwaver]

Shot by commando sniper?

[Playtime]

2 hours ago, steveluv said:

Gunman killed at 9.05am. 

 The gunman 

 

Tbe last 2 pic of the body,  can see an assault rifle with 30 rd mag next to his head.

Can also see revolver ammo on the ground,  plus what look like side arm on his right hip.

No wonder even police also out gunned. Could have been much much worse. 

[Throttle2]

Is it just me, or is the gunman dressed like the first Terminator .

 

[Thaiyotakamli]

40 minutes ago, Throttle2 said:

Is it just me, or is the gunman dressed like the first Terminator .

 

Feel like CS team

[Tohto]

1 hour ago, Playtime said:

Tbe last 2 pic of the body,  can see an assault rifle with 30 rd mag next to his head.

Can also see revolver ammo on the ground,  plus what look like side arm on his right hip.

No wonder even police also out gunned. Could have been much much worse. 

Read from CNN he is from Ammunition Battalion. Specialist in weapon. He expert in gun then normal soldiers.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/08/asia/thai-soldier-shooting-dead-intl-hnk/index.html

Edited February 9, 2020 by Tohto

[steveluv]

6 hours ago, Windwaver said:

Shot by commando sniper?

Understand it was gun battle With police in a kitchen at the final stage. Heard 3 policemen were killed.

 

[1fast1]

23 hours ago, Windwaver said:

Virus got some other effects 

This fu*ker was worried the virus would upstage him.

[steveluv]

5 hours ago, Playtime said:

Tbe last 2 pic of the body,  can see an assault rifle with 30 rd mag next to his head.

Can also see revolver ammo on the ground,  plus what look like side arm on his right hip.

No wonder even police also out gunned. Could have been much much worse. 

As the report goes he was first holed up on the ground floor then he went up to the 4th floor.

A video that accompanied the above photos showed this dead gunman seems to be in a large central kitchen in the video showed I believe 4-5 dead bodies in this kitchen location.

Please note one of his weapon is a M60 heavy machine gun similar to our GPMG and with 16 hostages I don’t blame police took a long time 

[Tohto]

55 minutes ago, steveluv said:

Understand it was gun battle With police in a kitchen at the final stage. Heard 3 policemen were killed.

 

Not sure how it was done in Thailand, as you mention fire battle with police but I think if here commandos SOF will be activated.  Since he was a highly skill shooter.

Edited February 9, 2020 by Tohto