A soldier who killed 26 people in a shooting spree at a shopping mall in Thailand’s Nakhon Ratchasima was shot dead by police on Sunday, Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-Ocha said.
The gunman, Sgt. Jakrapanth Thomma, 32, who also injured 57 others in the incident on Saturday at the Terminal 21 shopping mall, was killed after an overnight stand-off with the police, Efe news quoted Prayuth as saying at a press conference.
“An event like this has never occurred in Thailand, and we hope it never does again,” he said after visiting the injured in hospital.
While it was initially believed the dead included two police officers, Prayuth said only one had been killed, adding that eight of the injured were undergoing surgery and that 25 had been discharged.
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