2022 Nong Bua Lamphu massacre
2022 mass murder in Thailand
On 6 October 2022, 34-year-old Panya Khamrab killed 37 people, 24 of whom were children, and injured 10 others by shooting, stabbing, and vehicle-ramming in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand, before killing himself. The attack mainly occurred in a children's nursery located in the Uthai Sawan subdistrict of the Na Klang district. It is the deadliest mass murder by a single perpetrator in the modern history of Thailand, surpassing the death toll of the Nakhon Ratchasima shootings in 2020.
Attack
On 6 October 2022, at around 11:24 ICT (UTC+7), the assailant, Panya Khamrab, drove a white Toyota Hilux Revo out of his residence. He arrived at the nursery at 12:50, where the attack began shortly after lunch. Armed with a 9mm SIG Sauer P365 semi-automatic pistol, a shotgun, and a knife, Khamrab fatally shot a father and son at the Uthai Sawan Sub-district Administrative Organization, near the nursery. He then entered the nursery building and attacked four or five staff members, three of whom died. Among them was a teacher who was eight months pregnant. Several staff members fled the scene. Witnesses nearby mistook the gunshots for fireworks.
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