At least 31 people were killed in a mass shooting at a children’s day care center in Thailand’s northeastern province on Thursday, a police spokesman said.
The victims included both children and adults, police said in a statement, adding that the gunman was a former police officer and the search for him was ongoing.
A government spokesperson said that the prime minister has alerted all agencies to take action and nab the culprit.
Thailand has a higher rate of gun ownership than some other countries in the region, but official figures do not include large numbers of illegal weapons, many of which have been smuggled from conflict-ridden neighbors over years of insecure borders. are brought across.
Mass shootings are rare, but in 2020, a soldier upset over a property deal killed at least 29 people and injured 57 in a rampage across four locations.
