A video grab created on Feb 9, 2020 from a handout video released by the MCOT Thai Public Company Limited on Feb 8, 2020 shows CCTV footage of Thai soldier Jakrapanth Thomma holding a gun as he walks through the Terminal 21 shopping mall in Nakhon Ratchasima. - AFP
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (AFP): A Thai soldier who killed at least 26 people before being shot dead in a mall by commandos went on the rampage because of a debt dispute, the kingdom's premier said Sunday (Feb 9), offering the first official speculation for the motive of an "unprecedented" shooting spree.
After a night which see-sawed between heavy exchanges of gunfire and terrifying dashes for mall exits by trapped shoppers, sharp-shooters brought an end to the 17-hour-ordeal when they killed the gunman on Sunday morning in Nakhon Ratchasima, also known as Korat.
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