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13-10-2022 15:00

In north-east Thailand, a mass shooting and stabbing occurred at a nursery on Thursday.

During the children’s naptime, a former policeman entered the preschool and opened fire. He killed at least 37 people, including 23 children, some of them as young as two years old. Local people rushed to donate blood at the nearby Nong Lamphu Hospital; meanwhile, the community remained in shock.

After the mass shooting, the gunman fled to his home where he killed his wife and child, and then he shot himself. The police fired the 34-year-old man in June for drug use; however, according to Thailand’s prime minister, the man’s motive was unknown. The headteacher said that the attacker’s son also attended the school, and the attacker was always polite and chatty.

More than 90 children were usually at the school, but just over 20 were present on Thursday due to bad weather and a school bus breakdown.

Difficult words: naptime (a short sleep during the day), chatty (talkative), motive (a reason to do something).

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