2022 Nong Bua Lamphu massacre

2022 Nong Bua Lamphu massacre
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Primary crime scenes: The nursery in Utthai Sawan (1), Ban Nong Kung Si (2) and Ban Tha Uthai (3)
LocationNa Klang district, Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand
Coordinates17°14′12″N 102°09′36″E / 17.23667°N 102.16000°E / 17.23667; 102.16000
Date6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)
12:50 p.m. (UTC+7)
Attack type
Mass murder, pedicide, familicide, mass stabbing, mass shooting, murder–suicide, vehicle-ramming attack, spree killing
Weapons
Deaths37 (including the perpetrator)[1]
Injured10
PerpetratorPanya Khamrab
MotiveInconclusive

On 6 October 2022, 34-year-old Panya Khamrab killed 36 people 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.[2][3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ "Former cop attacks Thai day care center, kills at least 36". Associated Press. 6 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  2. ^ "ด่วน! 'อดีตตร.' คลั่ง! บุกศูนย์พัฒนาเด็กเล็ก กราดยิงมั่วสังเวยแล้ว 24 ศพ". Daily News (in Thai). 6 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  3. ^ "At least 34 killed in mass shooting at Thai nursery". BBC News. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Mass murder at childcare centre, 35 confirmed slain". Bangkok Post. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

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