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As the country reels from one of its worst mass killings, those on the frontline of family violence, drug addiction and mental illness in a country awash with guns say support systems are in crisis and need a shake-up to prevent further tragedies.

Thirty-four people, including many children, have been killed in a mass shooting at a daycare centre in Thailand.

Bangkok, Oct 6 (EFE).- At least 34 people, mostly children, were killed when a gunman opened fire in a nursery in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, emergency services told EFE. The suspect, identified as a 34-year-old former police officer, committed suicide after the attack, the Central Investigation Bureau said on its Facebook account. Panya Kamrarb also …

Bangkok, Oct 6 (EFE).- Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered an investigation into a mass shooting that killed at least 37 people, including 22 children, at a child daycare center in northeastern Thailand on Thursday. The suspect, identified as a 34-year-old former police officer, burst into the nursery in Nong Bua Lamphu province in …

If I hadn't been keeping a close eye on the political news every day, I would have mistakenly assumed -- from watching last Friday's televised account -- that Prayut Chan-o-cha, who has been suspended from his duties as prime minister by the charter court since Aug 24, has already returned to carry out his duties at Government House.

Police have charged a soldier with murder over the shooting at an army training facility that left two people dead and another wounded on Wednesday, a police spokesman said on Friday.

BANGKOK (AFP) – Thai police have charged a soldier with murder over a shooting at a military training facility that left two people dead and another wounded, officials said yesterday. Clerk at the Royal Thai Army War College Sergeant Major Yongyuth Mungkornkim will stand trial in a military court on Wednesday in the north of […]

BANGKOK (AP) – A clerk shot at his co-workers at Thailand’s Army War College in Bangkok early yesterday, killing two people and wounding another, the army said. One man died at the scene and another died after being taken to the hospital, the Thai army said in a statement. The wounded man was being treated […]

A sergeant-major said to be mentally ill shot two colleagues dead and wounded another at the Army War College of the Army Training Command in Bangkok's Dusit district on Wednesday morning.

The gunman, a 59-year-old staff worker at the Royal Thai Army War College, shot at his colleagues at around 8:55 am local time (0155 GMT).