and holed up in a mall overnight was shot dead Sunday morning, February 9, by commandos, ending a near-17-hour ordeal which left dozens wounded and stunned the country.
Volleys of gunfire rang out as the siege ran into dawn, hours after Thai security services stormed the ground floor and freed scores of stunned, terrified shoppers from a bloody rampage that the gunman – a junior army officer identified as Sergeant-Major Jakrapanth Thomma – had relayed via Facebook posts.
But it was unclear if there were more victims inside the multi-level complex which was packed with Saturday shoppers when the gunman stormed in. A volunteer rescue worker recounted a bloody scene of horror after his team carried four corpses to the hospital."I just feel so sad. He is a soldier, he should not have fired at unarmed people."
He"used a machine gun and shot innocent victims resulting in many injured and dead", said police spokesman Krissana Pattanacharoen.
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