Soldiers leave the Terminal 21 mall, where a mass shooting took place, in the Thai northeastern city of Nakhon…Read More
NAKHON RATCHASIMA (THAILAND): A soldier with a grudge gunned down 26 people and wounded 57 in Thailand‘s worst shooting spree before he was fatally shot inside a mall in the country’s northeast on Sunday, officials said.
Officials said the soldier was angry over a financial dispute, first killing two people on a military base and then went on a far bloodier rampage Saturday, shooting as he drove to the mall where shoppers fled in terror.
It took police sharpshooters 16 hours to end the crisis.
Authorities said Sgt. Maj. Jakrapanth Thomma was behind the attack in Nakhon Ratchasima, a hub for Thailand’s relatively poorer and rural northeastern region. Much of the shooting took place at Terminal 21 Korat, an airport-themed mall filled with colorful Lego sculptures, a merry-go-round and huge replicas of landmarks from around the world.
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gave the final tally Sunday morning after visiting the wounded in hospitals. He said that of the 57 injured, 25 have been discharged.
Video taken outside the mall showed people diving for cover as shots rang out mid