Thailand shooting: Police probe indicates killer was troubled by marital, money problems
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Ex-policeman who went on a killing spree at a Thai daycare center had risen quickly through the ranks, before a transfer to the provinces led to his use of drugs.
The ex-policeman who went on a killing spree at a Thai daycare center had risen quickly through the ranks of the police force in the capital, before a transfer to the provinces led to his use of drugs, and an abrupt halt to his career, police said.
No clear motive had been established yet for the rampage on Thursday.
But police said their preliminary investigation indicated Panya Khamrap was deeply troubled by marital and money problems following his suspension from police duty in January, after he admitted to using two types of methamphetamine.
“He wanted to vent. We learned from his mother that on the day of the incident he was quarreling with his wife,” local police chief Chakkraphat Wichitvaidya told Reuters.
“He may have wanted to do something bad.”
Colleagues in the local police force said he was sometimes bad-tempered and violent while he worked there.
Police said Panya, 34, was agitated as he entered the daycare center on Thursday, armed with a handgun and a large curved knife.
Witnesses described how he went on a two-hour rampage, slashing to death 22 children aged 2-5 as they took an afternoon nap, shooting bystanders and driving at people in his vehicle.
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