BANGKOK: Thai security forces on Sunday (Feb 9) killed a soldier after he carried out a shooting rampage that left at least 21 people dead, officials said.
He was killed "thirty minutes ago" (0200 GMT), chief of the Crime Suppression Division Jirabhob Bhuridej told AFP. The health minister and police chief confirmed the gunman's death.
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The soldier was killed at the shopping mall where he was holed up in the northeastern city of Nakhon Ratchasima.
A member of Thai security forces is carried out after a raid inside the Terminal 21 shopping mall to try to stop a soldier on a rampage after a mass shooting, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
“The police have killed the perpetrator and rescued eight hostages. Some were wounded," a security source told Reuters.
The source declined to be named because they were not authorised to speak to the media.
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BANGKOK: Thai security forces on Sunday (Feb 9) killed a soldier after he carried out a shooting rampage that left at least 21 people dead, officials said.
He was killed "thirty minutes ago" (0200 GMT), chief of the Crime Suppression Division Jirabhob Bhuridej told AFP. The health minister and police chief confirmed the gunman's death.
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The soldier was killed at the shopping mall where he was holed up in the northeastern city of Nakhon Ratchasima.
A member of Thai security forces is carried out after a raid inside the Terminal 21 shopping mall to try to stop a soldier on a rampage after a mass shooting, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
“The police have killed the perpetrator and rescued eight hostages. Some were wounded," a security source told Reuters.
The source declined to be named because they were not authorised to speak to the media.
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