Ex-ranger kills three in indiscriminate shooting from house
A FORMER ranger is firing shots indiscriminately from his house in Phetchaburi province this afternoon (Mar. 22) with three people killed and two injured so far as police gear up to storm the house and capture him, Naewna newspaper said. The gunman, identified as Mr. Anuwat, 29, who had previously been arrested on drug […]
Read MoreSchoolgirl shot dead in front of Pattani mosque
ONE of two eighth-grade schoolgirls sitting in front of a mosque in Pattani’s Mueang district was shot by a man who drove past in a sports utility vehicle and she later died in the hospital, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Mar. 10). At around 8.35 a.m. police were alerted of the shooting in front […]
Read MorePhuket minibus siege ends with gunman killing himself
A GUNMAN who shot and injured two passengers on a minibus travelling from Phuket to Phatthalung early this morning (Feb.10) later shot himself dead thus ending the siege that lasted almost five hours, Naewna newspaper said. After the shooting occurred at approximately 6.30 a.m. just a kilometre after the minibus had left Phuket Bus […]
Read MoreTwo injured as gunman opens fire on Phuket-Phatthalung minibus
A GUNMAN opened fire on a minibus running from Phuket to Phatthalung early this morning (Feb. 10) injuring two persons and is still holed up in the empty vehicle after everyone fled, Matichon newspaper said. At 6.49 a.m. a call was made to 191, the police emergency centre, informing them that a shooting had […]
Read MoreSeven shot dead in another mass shooting in California
By Daniel Trotta – Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Half Moon Bay, Calif. – Seven people were killed in a mass shooting at two locations in the coastal northern California city of Half Moon Bay on Monday (Jan. 23), and the suspect was arrested after driving to a police parking lot, apparently attempting to […]
Read MoreCalifornia police search shooter’s home seeking motive for Asian dance hall massacre
By Agencies – published by CNA and Denver Post Monterey Park, California – California police, seeking to learn the motive behind one of the state’s worst mass shootings, on Monday (Jan. 23) searched the home of the elderly gunman who killed 10 people in a Los Angeles area dance hall on Saturday before fatally […]
Read MoreSuspect in California mass shooting is dead; motive unclear
By AP and published by US News & World Report Monterey Park, Calif. – Authorities searched for a motive for the gunman who killed 10 people at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club during Lunar New Year celebrations, slayings that sent a wave of fear through Asian American communities in the region and cast […]
Read More10 killed in shooting near Los Angeles during Lunar New Year event
By Andrew Dalton – AP, and published by Yahoo!News Monterey Park, Calif. – A gunman killed 10 people and wounded 10 others at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club following a Lunar New Year celebration, setting off a manhunt for the suspect in the fifth mass killing in the US this month. Capt. Andrew […]
Read MoreOne dead in restaurant shooting involving drunk cops
A SHOOTOUT at a night restaurant in Songkhla between two groups of customers with being policemen and their friends left one dead and two injured, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Jan. 15). At 2.40 a.m. this morning Pol. Lt. Col. Marut Nilkosi, deputy inspector of Singha Nakhon police station, and his team rushed to […]
Read More24 out of 36 killed in shooting spree were children
THE MASSACRE at a child care centre at Na Klang district, Nong Bua Lamphu province, this afternoon (Oct. 6) left 36 people dead of whom 24 were small children and 12 others injured, Matichon newspaper said at 4 p.m. Only one child survived the shooting by Pol. Lt. Col. Panya Khamrab, a non-official policeman who […]
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