![]() ![]() 16 perished at Dunblane in Scotland in 1996. The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012 claimed the lives of 20. The Thai shooting can be tied in with the infamous Uvalde school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in the US this year, which recorded the deaths of 19 people. Anders Breivik killed 69 people, mostly teenagers, at a summer camp in Norway in 2011. The massacre can be termed one of the most atrocious school shooting sprees witnessed in recent history, perpetrated by a single individual. There were about 30 children at the centre when the attack began, which was less than usual as heavy rain had kept many people away, said district official Jidapa Boonsom. Three boys and a girl who survived the shooting were in critical condition and are now being monitored at a hospital, police said. Abandoned juice boxes were scattered all over the floor. Photographs taken at the crime scene depicted the horrifying images of the victims’ tiny bodies laid out on blankets. While police were still investigating the real motive behind this mass carnage, some suspect that Panya could have been under extreme stress due to the trial proceedings over his supposed drug crimes. “He started shooting, slashing, killing children,” Paisal said.Ī local police official, Chakkraphat Wichitvaidya, revealed that the children had been atrociously slashed with a large knife, sometimes multiple times, while the adults were mercilessly shot. ![]() When he did not find his child there, he began the killing spree. Panya had gone to the daycare centre to collect his child after attending court earlier in the day, police spokesperson Paisal Luesomboon told broadcaster ThaiPBS. Police authorities identified the criminal as Panya Khamrap, 34, a former police sergeant who was discharged from his duties over drug allegations and was facing trial on a drugs accusation. King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida were also due to meet the victims’ families, according to a local announcement. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha was due to visit the area on Friday. The aunt of a slain boy was clutching a stuffed dog and a toy tractor in her lap as she recounted her horrific fright when she rushed to the scene after the news spread. ![]()
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