Bangkok: A former policeman, who took his own life, is suspected to have killed at least 34 people, including 22 children, at a childcare center in northeastern Thailand, media reports said on Thursday.
The man who has been identified as a 34-year-old former police officer also killed his wife and child, the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) was quoted as saying by CNN.
he mass shooting took place Thursday at the Child Development Center in Uthaisawan Na Klang district, Nong Bua Lamphu province, according to a statement from the prime ministers office.
The prime minister has expressed his condolences on the shooting incident, the statement as quoted by CNN.
—————————— California kidnapping: Three Indian-origin adults,eight-month-old found dead Four kidnapped members of a family in Merced County, in the US state of California, were found dead, the Merced County Sheriff Vernon Warnke said. “Tonight, our worst fears have been confirmed,” Warnke said at a news conference on Wednesday. “We found the four people from the kidnapping, and they are in fact deceased.” A farm worker discovered the bodies, added Warnke. The victims are an eight-month-old Aroohi Dheri, her parents 27-year-old Jasleen Kaur and 36-year-old Jasdeep Singh, and her 39-year-old uncle Amandeep Singh. They were taken against their will on Monday from a business on South Highway 59, according to the sheriff’s office. The suspect, Jesus Manuel Salgado, 48, was arrested on Tuesday after using the missing family’s ATM card at a bank that morning, the sheriff’s office said, adding that he was unconscious after a suicide attempt prior to his arrest. Warnke said investigators are still trying to determine the motive behind the kidnapping.
