The killing of a soldier in the north-east of the country left 27 dead, including the assailant, announced Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, saying it was an "unprecedented event". " in the country. "I want it to be the last time such a crisis occurs," he said during a press conference at Nakhon Ratchasima hospital where the victims of the massacre were evacuated after the carnage in a city shopping center.
"Personal" motivations
He added that the killer's motivations were "personal", linked to a conflict over the "sale of a house". The murderer was shot dead by police in a shopping center where he had entrenched himself after having robbed an arsenal and massacred several people, a bloody journey which he commented on Facebook and which kept the country in suspense for almost 17 hours .