Timeline of the mass shooting in ThailandTimeline of the shooting at a childcare center in Nong Bua Lam Phu yesterday, which left 38 dead(including the gunman, his wife, and child) and 10 injured.
12.50 PMA gunman opens fire on the center in Na Klang district of the Northeastern province of Nong Bua LamPhu. He escapes in a pick-up truck, running into other people’s vehicles and killing people along the way.
2 PMNong Bua Lam Phu police posted an alert for the gunman, identified as Pol Sgt Panya Khamrab, on theirFacebook account. Asking locals to look for the culprit.
2.30 PMNational police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas and senior officers fly to the province.
3 PMThe deputy provincial governor confirms the gunman was a former policeman based in Na Wang district,some 5 kilometers from the scene. The assailant is later cornered in his house by police, who try tonegotiate with him before he burnt his pick-up truck, killed himself, his wife, and their child.
4.42 PMPrime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha expresses his deepest condolences to the bereaved families uponlearning of the incident during a trip to Phetchabun to check on flood victims.
7 PM38 people (including the gunman, his wife and child) are confirmed killed, 24 of them children and 10injured.
Here is a summary of the incident:
Total death toll including shooter is 38 – police
Attacker kills 24 children, 13 adults in rampage
Thai daycare center was for children aged 2-5
Most child victims were stabbed – police
Attacker killed his wife, child, and shot himself
Their Majesties the King and Queen of Thailand will take all the injured under royal patronageand sponsor a royal cremation for all the killed victims.
The Thai government ordered all Thai flags to be lowered to half-mast on Friday
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