district police officer Chakkraphat Wichitvaidya cited witnesses who said the assailant was also seen brandishing a knife in the attack in the city of Uthai Sawan500 kilometers northeast of Bangkok, in Nong Bua Lamphu province.
How was the brutal attack on the nursery
About 30 children were in the nursery when the gunman arrived, fewer than usual as heavy rain kept many people away, the district official told Reuters. Jidapa Boonsonwho at the time was working in a nearby office.
“The attacker arrived around lunchtime and shot four or five nursery staff first,” Jidapa said, adding that among them was a teacher who was eight months pregnant. At first people thought the shots were fireworkshe claimed.
“It’s really shocking. We were very scared and ran to hide when we knew it was gunshots. It killed a lot of children, I’ve never seen anything like it,” he added.
The assailant forced his way into a locked room where children were sleeping, Jidapa said. He said that he believed that he had killed the children there with a knife.
Videos posted on social media showed sheets covering what appeared to be the bodies of children lying in pools of blood. The Reuters agency could not immediately authenticate the images.
The background of the attacker
Police spokesman Paisan Luesomboon told ThaiPBS broadcaster that the attacker was at a court hearing for a drug case earlier on Thursday and he had gone to the nursery to look for his sonbut the child was not there.
“He was already stressed and when he couldn’t find his son he got more stressed and started shooting,” Paisan said, adding that he then drove home and killed his wife and son there before taking his own life.
Gun laws are strict in Thailand, where owning an illegal firearm carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years, but possession is high compared to other countries in the region.
Illegal weapons, many of them brought from neighboring countries ravaged by conflict, are common.
However, mass shootings are rare. In 2020, a soldier angry over a failed real estate deal killed at least 29 people and injured 57 in a massacre that affected four towns.
Source: Ambito
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