{"id":95339,"date":"2020-02-09T13:18:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T17:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=95339"},"modified":"2020-02-09T13:19:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T17:19:13","slug":"thai-sergeant-major-kills-battalion-commander-commits-mass-shooting-at-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=95339","title":{"rendered":"Thai Sergeant Major Kills Battalion Commander-Commits Mass Shooting at Mall"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_95432\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95432\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-95432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ThailandShooting0802g-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ThailandShooting0802g-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ThailandShooting0802g-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ThailandShooting0802g-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Thai sergeant major kills his commander, grabs weapons and ammunition, then goes to a mall to conduct a mass shooting. (Social Media\/AFP via Getty image)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A sergeant major in the Thai army carried a mass shooting at one of the malls in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), Thailand. What started as a land dispute resulted in the sergeant major shooting the battalion commander. He proceeded to the battalion commander&#8217;s home and shot the commander&#8217;s mother in law.<\/p>\n<p>He grabs weapons and ammunition from the armory, then shoots at soldiers before stealing a military vehicle. As soon as he gets to the mall, he starts shooting.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From the Associated Press:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Jakrapanth then goes to his army camp, where he seizes several assault weapons and ammunition. He opens fire and wounds at least three soldiers before stealing an army vehicle to flee.<\/p>\n<p>Two policemen are shot when they try to stop Jakrapanth near a Buddhist temple. Two bystanders are also hurt.<\/p>\n<p>By 6 p.m., Jakrapanth arrives at the Terminal 21 Korat shopping mall in Nakhon Ratchasima city. He sprays bullets throughout the area, hitting pedestrians as well as people riding in cars and on motorcycles. A gas tank near the mall catches fire, apparently after being hit by a round.<\/p>\n<p>The gunman posts angry statements on his Facebook page along with a selfie that shows him in military gear, including a helmet, while the fire burns in the background.<\/p>\n<p>Jakrapanth enters the mall and keeps shooting. Police block roads next to the mall and establish a 2-kilometer (1.2 mile) perimeter around it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Associated Press has more details on this <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/874e34f8d1d33ff2287944750cd53b2d\">story<\/a>. The Evening Standard has more details, photos, and videos in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/world\/thailand-shooting-soldier-manhunt-korat-a4357191.html\">article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sergeant major in the Thai army carried a mass shooting at one of the malls &hellip; <a title=\"Thai Sergeant Major Kills Battalion Commander-Commits Mass Shooting at Mall\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=95339\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thai Sergeant Major Kills Battalion Commander-Commits Mass Shooting at Mall<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95433,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95339\/revisions\/95433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}