Shooting after killing children with a knife
At least 38 people died, including 22 children
After killing his wife and children, he took his own life.
Thai police say the crime was a result of trial stress and hallucinations
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[앵커]
At least 38 people, including children, were killed in a shooting at a day care center in Thailand.
The suspect is a former police officer who was dismissed last year for being part of a drug-related case.
This is the report of reporter Kim Jin-ho.
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A day care center in Naklang, Arampu Province, Northeast Thailand.
At lunchtime, a former police officer entered the day care center where his child attended, shot and brandished a weapon.
[목격자 : 창문을 발로 차고 문을 쏜 뒤에 나는 그가 들어올 것을 알고 뒤에 숨었어요, 충격을 받아서 어떻게 해야 할지 몰랐어요.]
The suspect is said to have killed children with a weapon and then opened fire on adults.
The attack killed at least 38 people, including 22 children.
As it was a day care center for children aged between 2 and 5, the damage to children was particularly great.
After the crime, he returned home, killed his wife and children, and then committed suicide.
If you include the suspects and their families as well as the victims, more than 40 people have died.
Thai police believe the suspect is a former police officer who was fired last year for his involvement in a drug case and that he committed the crime due to trial stress and hallucinations.
[담롱삭 키티프라파스 / 태국 경찰청장 : 우리는 내일인 7일에 그가 재판에 출석할 예정인 것을 확인했습니다. 감옥에서 나온 후, 그는 마약 사용을 멈추지 않았고 아마도, 그가 범죄를 저지르게 만든 스트레스와 함께 환각을 일으켰을 수도 있습니다.]
This case is considered one of the worst cases where a single offender killed children.
In 2011, right-wing extremists killed 69 people at youth summer camps in Norway.
In May of this year, 19 children were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Texas.
This is Kim Jin-ho’s YTN.
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