Thai police vow to tackle drug addiction within ranks after mass killing by ex-cop


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Royal Thai Police have vowed to learn lessons after an ex-policemen thought to be high on drugs killed 38 people, mainly children, in Nong Bua Lamphu province on Thursday (Oct 6).

Panya Khamrab, 34, a former police corporal at Na Wang Police Station, went on a gun and knife rampage at a nursery in Uthai Sawan district on Thursday afternoon before killing his family and himself.

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