Tag: Thailand shooting

Thai mall gunman shot dead after deadly rampage

  by Thanaporn Promyamyai and Dene Chen Agence France Presse NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (AFP) — A Thai soldier who killed at least 20 people and holed up in a mall overnight was shot dead by commandos on Sunday, ending a near-17-hour ordeal which left dozens wounded and stunned the country. It was unclear how many people remained trapped inside the Terminal 21 mall in Nakhon Ratchasima — also known as Korat — as the gunman […]

Thai soldier holds out in mall after killing 20 in mass shooting

by Thanaporn Promyamyai and Dene Chen NAKSON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (AFP)–A Thai soldier who killed 20 people in a shooting spree remained holed up in shopping mall on Sunday morning with an unknown number of people feared trapped inside, despite repeated attempts by armed police to flush the gunman out. Volleys of gunfire rang out before dawn, hours after Thai security services stormed the ground floor of the Terminal 21 mall in Nakhon Ratchasima – also […]