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An army soldier has killed at least
. people in a mass shooting and taken hostages inside a shopping mall while live-steaming sick videos taunting his victims and police.
It is still an active shooter situation with the sergeant, named by police as Jakrapanth Thomma, still at large and holed up inside the Terminal a shopping center in Korat in north. -eastern Thailand.
The gunman – who first killed his commander and two others at a military base – has taken hostages on the fourth floor and Thai special forces are preparing to Storm the building, it is reported.
The suspect wrote on Facebook that he was seeking “revenge” and had posted a number of images showing him holding a gun in full uniform or of his firearms.
Wearing a military helmet and uniform, he said in one chilling video clip that he was exhausted from shooting his victims during the ongoing massacre .
He said: “I’m tired now. I can’t move my finger anymore. “
The mass shooting suspect has been named by police as Jakrapanth Thomma, who is pictured in a photo posted on Friday (Image: Facebook)
Posts on Facebook
read “So tired” and “Dead? Is that 3 people?”
Some posts include crying laughing emojis before the profile was taken offline about two hours after the rampage began.
Another post read: “Should I give up?”
Horrifying footage captured by a witness shows the gunman firing a number of rounds into a crowd as people flee in terror at about 5. 071 pm local time on Saturday.
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The body of a motorcyclist lay in a junction close to the shopping center (Image: ViralPress)
A rifle lay on the floor after victims were shot dead (Image: ViralPress)
Rapid bursts of gunfire are heard in video posted online by a witness in Korat, also known as Nakhon Ratchasima.
It shows people running for their lives in a car park and others ducking amid heavy gunfire.
Another video clip shows a wounded man being helped inside the shopping center.
(A fire burns outside the Terminal) mall in Korat after an explosion
Smoke rises from outside the shopping center in downtown Korat
The dead are said to include a child, taxi drivers and a student.
The Soldier is reported to have shot and killed his commander and two others at the Suratham Phithak military base before stealing a vehicle and driving into Korat, where he began killing soldiers at random.
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The gunman then entered the mall and began shooting more victims.
The suspect has posted chilling selfies, including one showing him in front of the fire outside the mall and another showing him holding a rifle.
Special forces soldiers respond to the massacre at Terminal
(Image: ViralPress)
Another image shows a. – Caliber Magnum with an amulet wrapped around it.
The suspect posted a number of rants in the hours leading up to the massacre.
He told how he was seeking “revenge”, adding: “Getting rich from corruption and taking advantage of other people, do they think they can bring money with them to spend in hell? “
Mass shootings are very rare in Thailand.
In January, a gunman killed three people, including a two-year-old, during a robbery at a jewelery store in Lopburi province.
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