Thailand shooting: At least 12 dead as soldier opens fire near shopping center – Mirror Online, Mirror.co.uk
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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)
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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