Thai soldier kills 'many' in shooting rampage

[Grumpy John]

It's a shocking state of affairs.  I can understand hatred for corrupt politician's, for wealthy people who gained wealth corruptly but I see no logic to what this maniac has done.   What kind of twisted mind can lead someone to do this???

[KhunBENQ]

Latest from a Thai source.

Still in the mall. Holding hostages.

They want his mother to persuade him to give up.

 

[scunner]

Bloody hell, this is just terrible news. Hopefully, he won't be able to carry on his murderous spree for much longer.

[pixelaoffy]

Well if he's got all that ammunition and theres people still in there, special forces should have been in and dealt with it ! Or maybe need to set up a committee first 

[tgw]

42 minutes ago, Brigand said:

My Mrs just told me she read on Thai media that this guy was screwed over on a land deeds title by his boss and they didn't pay him his bit ... sound familiar?

 

41 minutes ago, mrwinner said:

He complained about his bosses and money/ corruption within the army on his Facebook

 

taking out innocent shoppers will teach them !

 

[Salerno]

Being shown on Deutsche Welle as I type. Hopefully they can resolve it one way or another soon without further innocent deaths.

[scunner]

1 minute ago, tgw said:

 

 

taking out innocent shoppers will teach them !

 

Looks like he took care of the problem first, as it is reported he went to a house and killed two people there. then returned to his base and got more ammo and a new gun.

[metisdead]

A troll post has been removed as well as a reply. 

[Davo369]

My girlfriend is trying to explain to me everything whats going on with this situation. The time she finishes explaining to me it will be old news

[Peterw42]

3 minutes ago, pixelaoffy said:

Well if he's got all that ammunition and theres people still in there, special forces should have been in and dealt with it ! Or maybe need to set up a committee first 

Lataest reports are he has several hostages surrounding him and is holding hand grenades

[Oxx]

9 minutes ago, ParkerN said:

Being a soldier though, that's going to require some diversionary work from Prayuth and Prawit. wait and watch

Even if that wasn't intended humour, it's still highly amusing.

[kuma]

1 minute ago, Amanpuri Phuket said:

False. You are completely delusional. Thailand’s gun laws are extraordinarily strict. Only Thai mafia carry weapons. If your statement is at all accurate, you must be living amongst extreme lowlifes in a very poor and low status part of Thailand. Thai males carrying guns lolololol. 

weapons are everywhere in Thailand, legal and illegal - mostly the latter

[Chelseafan]

Wife says 40 dead, not sure if that is correct. We were there a few week ago. ????

 

[Golden Triangle]

2 minutes ago, Amanpuri Phuket said:

False. You are completely delusional. Thailand’s gun laws are extraordinarily strict. Only Thai mafia carry weapons. If your statement is at all accurate, you must be living amongst extreme lowlifes in a very poor and low status part of Thailand. Thai males carrying guns lolololol. 

Far be it from me to burst your delusional bubble mate but I feel pretty sure you will be shot down in flames with that one.

[Thian]

5 minutes ago, Davo369 said:

My girlfriend is trying to explain to me everything whats going on with this situation. The time she finishes explaining to me it will be old news

And in the mean time you're just posting here??

[NCC1701A]

Channel 5, 18, 31 and 34, 36 have live coverage.

[Salerno]

6 minutes ago, Amanpuri Phuket said:

Only Thai mafia carry weapons.

Ludicrous statement.

[Chelseafan]

1 minute ago, FarFlungFalang said:

The guesthouse I used to stay at in Bangkok the own often had his gun on his table.So he's not delusional you are the mistaken one.

Ex g/f's sisters husband slept with a gun under the pillow, used to threaten her when he came home drunk and wanted sex....tragic really.

 

[codebunny]

1 hour ago, Thian said:

  1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

"Unfortunately some crazy people exist in any country."

 

Yes but i never heard similar stories from Europe of policemen or soldiers starting to shoot around...

Sounds like he had a grievance, and now he's doing the "running amuk" ritual suicide thing not unheard of in other parts of SEAsia.

[anchadian]

8 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

Channel 5, 18, 31 and 34 have live coverage.

In the Thai language no doubt?

[impulse]

3 minutes ago, codebunny said:

Sounds like he had a grievance, and now he's doing the "running amuk" ritual suicide thing not unheard of in other parts of SEAsia.

 

I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often when someone sees a lifetime of work, or generations of family wealth, stolen by corruption.

 

If this happened in another part of Thailand, we'd be reading about an "insurgent".  Leading me to wonder for a long time, how much of the southern insurgency is really a reaction to government corruption, by someone who's given up on all legal means to get justice?

 

[Golden Triangle]

15 minutes ago, Amanpuri Phuket said:

False. You are completely delusional. Thailand’s gun laws are extraordinarily strict. Only Thai mafia carry weapons. If your statement is at all accurate, you must be living amongst extreme lowlifes in a very poor and low status part of Thailand. Thai males carrying guns lolololol. 

See, I did warn you, best you slink off to the rock you hide under until this is all over, nite nite.

[cyril sneer]

anyone can apply for a gun going through the application process, problem is the cost of the gun is double the price in comparison to the illegal ones, so many choose this option

[lopburi3]

4 minutes ago, anchadian said:

In the Thai language no doubt?

Yes - this is Thailand.  Channel 8(27) also live coverage.

[anchadian]

2 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

Yes - this is Thailand.  Channel 8 also live coverage.

Twitter is the best source of updates (in English) to follow.

[NCC1701A]

5 minutes ago, anchadian said:

In the Thai language no doubt?

yes.

 

walking in the mall video:

 

https://twitter.com/KRISHNAAYURVED3/status/1226149829694214144

[NCC1701A]

mall exterior video:

 

https://twitter.com/AshishCawnpore/status/1226149792071528452

[Brewster67]

44 minutes ago, Psimbo said:

..... and we're off- I reckon at least 20 pages of ill informed comment, conjecture. 'expert armchair' opinions and all around moon howling by tomorrow. Cue the next 'this will be the death of Tourism in Thailand' thread.

 

Interesting that there hasn't been a news blackout on this for 'reflecting badly on the country'. Ch7 has been reporting this- there would have been a complete shut down on something like this a few years back. The power of social media strikes again.

 

Lets sit back, take a deep breath and see how things develop before donning the tinfoil hats chaps. More people die on the roads each day in Thailand than in this (hopefully) isolated incident. He's bound to have been slighted in some way and gone postal as a result.

Man you are one bitter and twisted pessimist. 

 

YOU happen to be the first one to mention any of that nonsense. ALL the other posts have been pretty much on the mark with the events unfolding.

[Thian]

16 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Mostly lawyers, judges, government workers and police ..... but you're right there's probably a few lowlifes in that bunch. But as far as I know if a Thai wants a legal gun, he just needs to fill out an application form at his local police station. My gf tells me if you want an illegal gun, you just ask a policeman if he'll sell you one.

Once i asked my friend (senior policeman) where i could buy an air rifle to kill snakes...he started calling around but i never got one.

[NCC1701A]

people fleeing mall video:

 

https://twitter.com/Hook31_Thailand/status/1226139031647375360