Twenty-four children are among thirty-seven dead in northeastern Thailand after a former police lieutenant rampaged with firearms and a knife through a local childcare center in Nong Bua Lamphu province.
Following the massacre in the town of Utthai Sawan, the suspect returned home, killed his wife and son, and then himself.
The horror of the detail is disorienting. "Some victims aged as young as two," BBC↱ reports, "were attacked as they slept."
And while formal language might describe the killer's motive as unclear, the thirty-four year-old former cop had been fired earlier this year for drug use, and was expecting a verdict in his methamphetamine trial on Friday.
Meanwhile, I keep stumbling over this part:
There is only grief. Outrage is incomprehensible. The context of a shotgun in a nursery is something I would rather have gone my whole life without countenance. That truth is stranger than fiction offers no comfort compared to the prospect that a killer sought more than the twenty-three children he murdered at a nursery he knew.
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Notes:
Fraser, Simon and Elsa Maishman. "Thailand: Many children among dead in nursery attack". BBC News. 6 October 2022. BBC.com. 6 October 2022. https://bbc.in/3RFPxYy
Following the massacre in the town of Utthai Sawan, the suspect returned home, killed his wife and son, and then himself.
The horror of the detail is disorienting. "Some victims aged as young as two," BBC↱ reports, "were attacked as they slept."
And while formal language might describe the killer's motive as unclear, the thirty-four year-old former cop had been fired earlier this year for drug use, and was expecting a verdict in his methamphetamine trial on Friday.
Meanwhile, I keep stumbling over this part:
Headteacher Nanticha Panchum said the attacker's son attended the centre but had not been there for a month.
The man used to drop his child off, and was always polite and chatty, she said.
Ms Panchum said there were usually more than 90 children at the school, but just over 20 were present on Thursday due to bad weather and a school bus breakdown.
The man used to drop his child off, and was always polite and chatty, she said.
Ms Panchum said there were usually more than 90 children at the school, but just over 20 were present on Thursday due to bad weather and a school bus breakdown.
There is only grief. Outrage is incomprehensible. The context of a shotgun in a nursery is something I would rather have gone my whole life without countenance. That truth is stranger than fiction offers no comfort compared to the prospect that a killer sought more than the twenty-three children he murdered at a nursery he knew.
____________________
Notes:
Fraser, Simon and Elsa Maishman. "Thailand: Many children among dead in nursery attack". BBC News. 6 October 2022. BBC.com. 6 October 2022. https://bbc.in/3RFPxYy