Thailand, massacre in a kindergarten: gunman kills over 20 children

Thailand, massacre in a nursery: the attacker was a former policeman

Panya Kamram, this is the name of the attacker. 34-year-old former policeman who had recently been fired for being involved in drug trafficking. He did break-in in a nursery in the province of Nong Bua Lam Phu, a city located in the north-east of Thailand, at lunchtime, armed with a rifle, pistol and knife and killed over 30 people, including 25 children.

“The first targeted were the staff members, including an eight months pregnant teacher. At first people thought there were fireworks, “she told Reuters the local district policewoman Jidapa Boonsom. After the massacre, the man fled aboard a white pick-up truck, overwhelming pedestrians. He ultimately killed his wife and son, then took his own life.

Massacre in Thailand, the reasons for the attack are still unclear

Are approximately 35 total victims, including 25 children between 2 and 3 years old, as well as staff members and the family of Panya Kamram. The videos posted on social media they show the bodies of children, covered with sheets, immersed in pools of blood. Another 12 people were injured, eight of them seriously. The hospital in the Thai town has launched an urgent appeal to ask for help ablood donors.

So far the reasons for the attack have not yet been clarified. In Thailand, these massacres are rare even if there is a precedent: in 2020 a soldier killed, in a commercial center, 29 people and another 57 were injured.

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