NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (AFP): The Thai soldier who killed at least 20 people and holed up in a mall overnight was shot dead Sunday morning (Feb 9) by commandos, ending a near-17-hour ordeal which left dozens wounded and stunned the country. "He was shot dead thirty minutes ago" (0200 GMT), chief of the Crime Suppression Division Jirabhob Bhuridej told AFP. Commandos from elite Thai police units killed the gunman, a police spokesman added, after an operation involving hundreds of security personnel. Shocked evacuees recounted how an ordinary Saturday shopping day at the busy mall descended into horror as the gunman entered. He "used a machine gun and shot innocent victims resulting in many injured and dead", said police spokesman Krissana Pattanacharoen.

Source: thestar February 09, 2020 03:33 UTC