Former Cop attacks Thai day Care Center, killing at least 36

Former police officer Panya Kamrap who was facing a drug charge opened fire on a daycare centre in Thailand on Thursday, October 6, 2022, killing dozens of preschoolers and teachers before fleeing and shooting more people.

At least 36 people were killed in the nation’s deadliest rampage in history. The assailant, who had been fired earlier this year, committed suicide after murdering his wife and child at home.

First responders’ photos showed the school’s floor littered with the tiny bodies of children still on their blankets, where they had been napping in the afternoon.

According to a teacher, the assailant got out of a car and immediately shot a man eating lunch outside before firing more shots.

According to another witness, the daycare staff had locked the door, but the suspect shot his way in.

“The teacher who died had a child in her arms,” a witness who did not want to be identified told Thailand’s Kom Chad Luek television. “I didn’t think he’d kill children, but he shot at and through the door.”

The attack occurred in the rural town of Nong Bua Lamphu in northeastern Thailand, in one of the poorest regions of the country.

According to a statement from the Prime Minister, who called the incident “shocking” and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims.