A former police officer attacked a childcare facility in the northeastern part of Thailand with a knife and a gun, killing 36 people, including many children. I was overwhelmed with deep sorrow.
Around noon on the 6th local time, a 34-year-old former police officer fired a gun at a childcare facility in Nong Bua Lamphu Province in the northeastern part of Thailand, attacking children and facility staff one after another with a knife, and then returned to his home. killed his wife and son and committed suicide.
According to the local government, 36 people, including 24 children between the ages of 2 and 5 who were napping at the time, were killed and about 10 people were injured.
According to Thai media, the former police officer was dismissed from the police and was addicted to drugs for possession of drugs.
On the 7th, the day after the incident, more than 500 people, including the families of the victims and staff, packed the meeting place near the nursery school where the incident occurred, and they were deeply saddened by hugging each other. .
The husband of a pregnant woman who died at the facility said, "I kept crying until my tears dried up. Both my wife and child died. No,” he said.
This incident has caused a great shock in Thailand because many young children were killed, and on the afternoon of the 7th, the king, the queen, and the prime minister will each visit the site and meet with the bereaved families. .