raised voice (Thailand): Ex-cop who went on a killing spree on thai day care center He had risen rapidly through the ranks of the police force in the capital, used drugs before relocation to the provinces, and brought his career to an abrupt halt, police said.
No clear reason for Thursday’s stampede is yet known.
But police said their preliminary investigation indicated panya khamrapi He was deeply troubled by marital and money problems after his suspension from police duty in January, when he admitted to using two forms of methamphetamine.
“He wanted to get out. We learned from his mother that he was having a fight with his wife on the day of the incident,” local police chief Chakrafat Vichitvaidya told Reuters.
“Maybe he wanted to do something bad.”
Colleagues of the local police force said that when he worked there he sometimes became bad-tempered and violent.
Police said Panya, 34, became agitated after entering the daycare center on Thursday, armed with a handgun and a large curved knife.
Eyewitnesses described how he went on a two-hour stampede, killing 22 children aged 2-5 years old when he took an afternoon nap, shooting at onlookers and driving people in his vehicle. Were.
In total, 24 children died, of whom 38 died. Panya’s last victims were his wife and child, before firing a 9mm gun at himself at his home in a village 3 km (1.9 mi) from the nursery school.
It was one of the world’s worst child genocide in recent history by a man.
A few hours before the massacre, panya Appeared in court on drug charges. Police said he then went to the daycare center to look for his son, who did not attend that day.
It was unclear whether Panya still used drugs. National Police Chief Damrongsak Kittiprat said on Friday that an autopsy report indicated they were not used on the day of the attack.
“We see that the fight with his wife is the main issue. He’s had issues for a long time,” Damrongsak said.
“The reasons are probably unemployment, lack of money and family issues.”
According to his police records, Panya early in his career had Bangkok and worked in two different police districts in the commercial center of the city.
He was made a lance corporal, then a corporal, during his time in the capital, before being promoted to sergeant in 2019.
Local police told Reuters that Panya’s behavior changed after relocating to Nong Bua Lumfu province in the northeast.
Local police said Panya kept to himself, but was sometimes hot-tempered and violent, citing his fellow officers, who said he fought alongside colleagues who were aware of his drug use.
A woman described as the killer’s mother was interviewed Thursday by local television, who blurred her face on camera and hid her name to protect her identity, which Reuters could not independently verify.
She said her son’s behavior changed when he gave his life in Bangkok to take care of him in the countryside.
He told Channel 3, “When he came here after living in Bangkok for six years, he started using drugs. He came here to take care of me.”
“He used drugs, didn’t sell them. He’d buy them.”
Regarding her reaction upon learning about her son’s killing spree, she said, “I almost fainted. I felt very sad.”
No clear reason for Thursday’s stampede is yet known.
But police said their preliminary investigation indicated panya khamrapi He was deeply troubled by marital and money problems after his suspension from police duty in January, when he admitted to using two forms of methamphetamine.
“He wanted to get out. We learned from his mother that he was having a fight with his wife on the day of the incident,” local police chief Chakrafat Vichitvaidya told Reuters.
“Maybe he wanted to do something bad.”
Colleagues of the local police force said that when he worked there he sometimes became bad-tempered and violent.
Police said Panya, 34, became agitated after entering the daycare center on Thursday, armed with a handgun and a large curved knife.
Eyewitnesses described how he went on a two-hour stampede, killing 22 children aged 2-5 years old when he took an afternoon nap, shooting at onlookers and driving people in his vehicle. Were.
In total, 24 children died, of whom 38 died. Panya’s last victims were his wife and child, before firing a 9mm gun at himself at his home in a village 3 km (1.9 mi) from the nursery school.
It was one of the world’s worst child genocide in recent history by a man.
A few hours before the massacre, panya Appeared in court on drug charges. Police said he then went to the daycare center to look for his son, who did not attend that day.
It was unclear whether Panya still used drugs. National Police Chief Damrongsak Kittiprat said on Friday that an autopsy report indicated they were not used on the day of the attack.
“We see that the fight with his wife is the main issue. He’s had issues for a long time,” Damrongsak said.
“The reasons are probably unemployment, lack of money and family issues.”
According to his police records, Panya early in his career had Bangkok and worked in two different police districts in the commercial center of the city.
He was made a lance corporal, then a corporal, during his time in the capital, before being promoted to sergeant in 2019.
Local police told Reuters that Panya’s behavior changed after relocating to Nong Bua Lumfu province in the northeast.
Local police said Panya kept to himself, but was sometimes hot-tempered and violent, citing his fellow officers, who said he fought alongside colleagues who were aware of his drug use.
A woman described as the killer’s mother was interviewed Thursday by local television, who blurred her face on camera and hid her name to protect her identity, which Reuters could not independently verify.
She said her son’s behavior changed when he gave his life in Bangkok to take care of him in the countryside.
He told Channel 3, “When he came here after living in Bangkok for six years, he started using drugs. He came here to take care of me.”
“He used drugs, didn’t sell them. He’d buy them.”
Regarding her reaction upon learning about her son’s killing spree, she said, “I almost fainted. I felt very sad.”