Timeline of the mass shooting in Thailand
Timeline of the mass shooting in Thailand
Timeline of the shooting at a childcare center in Nong Bua Lam Phu yesterday, which left 38 dead
(including the gunman, his wife, and child) and 10 injured.
12.50 PM
A gunman opens fire on the center in Na Klang district of the Northeastern province of Nong Bua Lam
Phu. He escapes in a pick-up truck, running into other people’s vehicles and killing people along the way.
2 PM
Nong Bua Lam Phu police posted an alert for the gunman, identified as Pol Sgt Panya Khamrab, on their
Facebook account. Asking locals to look for the culprit.
2.30 PM
National police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas and senior officers fly to the province.
3 PM
The deputy provincial governor confirms the gunman was a former policeman based in Na Wang district,
some 5 kilometers from the scene. The assailant is later cornered in his house by police, who try to
negotiate with him before he burnt his pick-up truck, killed himself, his wife, and their child.
4.42 PM
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha expresses his deepest condolences to the bereaved families upon
learning of the incident during a trip to Phetchabun to check on flood victims.
7 PM
38 people (including the gunman, his wife and child) are confirmed killed, 24 of them children and 10
injured.
Here is a summary of the incident:
- Total death toll including shooter is 38 – police
- Attacker kills 24 children, 13 adults in rampage
- Thai daycare center was for children aged 2-5
- Most child victims were stabbed – police
- Attacker killed his wife, child, and shot himself
- Their Majesties the King and Queen of Thailand will take all the injured under royal patronage
and sponsor a royal cremation for all the killed victims. - The Thai government ordered all Thai flags to be lowered to half-mast on Friday
