Thailand: 22 kids among 34 killed in mass shooting at daycare centre
Thailand, October 6
: The death toll in a mass shooting at a daycare center in Thailand rose to 34, including 22 children.
Victims included both children and adults, police said in a statement, adding that the gunman was an ex-police officer and a manhunt was under way.
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The Prime Minister has alerted all agencies to take action and apprehend the culprit, a government spokesperson said.
Later as per the sources, the gunman, who was identified as a 34-year-old former policeman, shot himself after the attack. The mass shooting took place Thursday at the Child Development Center in Uthaisawan Na Klang district, Nong Bua Lamphu province, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's office.
The rate of gun ownership in Thailand is high compared with some other countries in the region but official figures do not include huge numbers of illegal weapons, many of which have been brought in across porous borders over the years from strife-torn neighbours.
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Mass shootings are rare but in 2020, a soldier angry over a property deal gone sour killed at least 29 people and wounded 57 in a rampage that spanned four locations.
-PTC News with agency inputs
