rooster59 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Thai soldier kills 'many' in shooting rampage A Thai soldier has shot dead "many people" in and around the city of Nakhon Ratchasima, north-east of Bangkok, reports say. Posts on social media appear to show the scene of a shooting near a shopping centre. According to police, the soldier stole a vehicle from his barracks before attacking people with an assault rifle in the city, which is also known as Korat. The incident is still on going. Full story: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51427301 -- © Copyright BBC 2020-02-08 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 UPDATE - 09:03 Sunday 9 February Thai forces believe shooter in mall basement as death toll hits 21 By Panu Wongcha-um NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (Reuters) - A Thai soldier who has killed at least 21 people in a shooting rampage was thought to be holed up in the basement of a shopping mall in northeastern Thailand on Sunday and security forces were closing in on him, a police officer said. The officer said nine civilians had been evacuated from the shopping mall and security forces were checking whether any remained there. "The perpetrator is still in the basement and it doesn't look as though he has hostages. We are getting close to him," said the officer who did not give his name because he was not authorised to speak to media. The killings began at around 3 p.m. (0800 GMT) on Saturday when the soldier opened fire in a house before moving to an army camp and then to the mall in Nakhon Ratchasima in northeastern Thailand, posting messages on Facebook as he went. Police have identified the suspected shooter as 32-year-old Jakrapanth Thomma. Overnight, one member of the security forces was killed and at least two others wounded in a raid into the Terminal 21 mall to try to stop the gunman. "We are doing our best. You can see that all our senior officers of the government have been assigned here," Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters at the scene. "All steps are being taken with precautions so that we can minimize the damage as much as we can." More than 30 people have been wounded. Police closed off streets around the mall and kept journalists behind a security cordon. Thai media said the suspected shooter had worked at an army base close to Nakhon Ratchasima, which is about 250 km (155 miles) from the capital Bangkok. Before the attack, Jakrapanth had posted on his Facebook account that he was out for vengeance -- but he did not say for what. 'IT APPEARS HE WENT MAD' "We don't know why he did this. It appears he went mad," Defence Ministry spokesman Kongcheep Tantrawanit told Reuters. Overnight, soldiers and police stormed into the mall and escorted hundreds of trapped people to safety. "It was frightening because I could hear the occasional gunshot ... we waited a long time for the police to come and help us, many hours." said Suvanarat Jirattanasakul, 27, her voice trembling after she emerged. The mall was busy with shoppers on a long weekend for the Buddhist Makha Bucha holiday. CCTV footage from inside the mall posted on social media showed the gunman dressed in black and wearing a mask, his gun slung over his shoulder with no sign of other people around. Facebook <FB.O> said it had removed the suspect's account. "There is no place on Facebook for people who commit this kind of atrocity, nor do we allow people to praise or support this attack," a Facebook representative said in a statement. Major shootings are rare in the Southeast Asian country other than in the far south, where a decades-old insurgency persists. Nakhon Ratchasima is one of the biggest cities in northeastern Thailand, an island of relative prosperity in a rice growing area that is one of the poorest parts of the country of 69 million people. (Additional reporting by Athit Perawongmetha and Jiraporn Kuhakan in Nakhon Ratchasima, Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Panarat Thepgumpanat and Juarawee Kittisilpa in Bangkok; Writing by Kay Johnson and Matthew Tostevin; Editing by Daniel Wallis and David Gregorio) -- © Copyright Reuters 2020-02-09 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thian Posted February 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said: Unfortunately some crazy people exist in any country. Yes but i never heard similar stories from Europe of policemen or soldiers starting to shoot around... 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 bbc has to report this first ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brigand Posted February 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 Going to be a lot of questions for the junta generals to answer on how this guy was able to pull this all off. This wasn't a religious nutjob, it was a member of the Thai RTA. It will be interesting/comical to hear the BS they spout so as nothing will change. 6 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z42 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Absolutely atrocious. Thoughts to the victims and their loved ones first and foremost. Hope this lunatic is stopped before any more are lost 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thunder26 Posted February 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 Thailand is going down the toilet and fast. 10 4 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brewster67 Posted February 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 Now reported 20 dead, killer still at large, and my wife's cousin is trapped inside hiding. My wife had literally just left an hour before with our 16 month son. I am following this on the Korat facebook group, it seems to have all the best updates and there is a farang trapped inside there who is posting to the group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/koratexpats/ 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PremiumLane Posted February 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, thisisrascal said: Indeed, I don't think a day has gone without at least one stabbing in London since Mayor Khan't took power. didn't take long for the idiots to turn up 25 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneMoreFarang Posted February 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Brigand said: Going to be a lot of questions for the junta generals to answer on how this guy was able to pull this all off. This wasn't a religious nutjob, it was a member of the Thai RTA. It will be interesting/comical to hear the BS they spout so as nothing will change. He is a soldier. Soldiers use weapons, sometimes for training or security. A soldier who is willing (like this one) to shoot others will always be able to get weapons - in any country. 9 1 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gecko123 Posted February 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) The last paragraph of Sanook news article https://www.sanook.com/news/8028682/ reads : จากการสอบสวนเบื้องต้นทราบว่า ผู้ก่อเหตุเป็นทหารยศสิบโท และโพสต์เฟซบุ๊กเมื่อ 6 ชั่วโมงที่แล้วว่า "ร่ำรวยจากการโกง การเอาเปรียบคนอื่น มันคิดว่ามันจะเอาเงินไปใช้ในนรกได้รึไง" ก่อนออกมาก่อเหตุสุดสะพรึงดังกล่าว According to the initial investigation the person involved in the incident is a Yasothinto soldier who posted on Facebook six hours ago that "the rich like to cheat and compare themselves to other people. Do they think that they'll have money to spend in hell?" before leaving to the incident in question. Edit: OP translation of "rich from cheating" is more correct than my initial translation. I was working off just the Sanook article which was posted on another thread before this thread started. Edited February 8, 2020 by Gecko123 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Having lived in Korat, as it's more commonly known as, for 6-7 years now, I never thought that somethinhg like this could happen there. Hope the cops put a stop to this /him soon. So many dead, so many lives ruined. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyL Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Jesus. Terrible news. Things are really getting bad for this establishment at the moment. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thunder26 Posted February 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Oxx said: Only catching up with USA Number One. USA is not a good example. We should contrast with peaceful countries. 5 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunpa Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 OMG!! Now also this. Damn. Hope they take out this guy FAST! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo369 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, YetAnother said: bbc has to report this first ? Yeah... and????? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) Now - 20 Dead in the mall 9 people died outside 24 Injured person He has 4 gun (M60 ,HK 33,M16,Pistol) and 700 bullets Edited February 8, 2020 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post djayz Posted February 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Gecko123 said: The last paragraph of a Sanook news article reads : According to the initial investigation the person involved in the incident is a Yasothinto soldier who posted on Facebook six hours ago that "the rich want to cheat and like to compare themselves to other people. Do they think that they'll be able to have money to spend in hell?" before leaving to the incident in question. https://www.sanook.com/news/8028682/ จากการสอบสวนเบื้องต้นทราบว่า ผู้ก่อเหตุเป็นทหารยศสิบโท และโพสต์เฟซบุ๊กเมื่อ 6 ชั่วโมงที่แล้วว่า "ร่ำรวยจากการโกง การเอาเปรียบคนอื่น มันคิดว่ามันจะเอาเงินไปใช้ในนรกได้รึไง" ก่อนออกมาก่อเหตุสุดสะพรึงดังกล่าว Somebody has seen through all the bs and hypocrisy and has had enough? Will it open other peoples' eyes too? 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tgw Posted February 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 they just took down his facebook profile before I could advise him to shoot himself 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Puchaiyank Posted February 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) Let's trust this is a one-off event...not the first of many... Edited February 8, 2020 by Puchaiyank 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo369 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Davo369 said: Yeah... and????? The BBC are reporters thats what they do.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tgw Posted February 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 1 minute ago, djayz said: Somebody has seen through all the bs and hypocrisy and has had enough? Will it open other peoples' eyes too? NOTHING is a valid justification for doing this. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denim Posted February 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 Horrific news. He has complained about corruption on his facebook account. Does he mean within the army ? Not very good for the army's image but then again the armies image is already at an all time low. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigand Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 My Mrs just told me she read on Thai media that this guy was screwed over on a land deeds title by his boss and they didn't pay him his bit ... sound familiar? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, BobbyL said: True, but you would think if someone wanted to have a pop at the wealthy dictators then taking out some innocent shoppers is a strange way to go about it. People in his state of mind don't think rationally. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 He complained about his bosses and money/ corruption within the army on his Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotBenz8888 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Is he still in there? Turning into a hostage situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FarFlungFalang Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 19 minutes ago, YetAnother said: bbc has to report this first ? I reported it 39 minutes ago in Roosters weekly waffle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsally Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 8pm update says he is still in the mall and may have taken about 16 hostages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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