Facebook celebrity doctor Parkphum Dejhutsadin shows a message on his phone reading "Social media operation to assist police in the Korat shooting" at the hospital in Bangkok, Thailand February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (Reuters) - Facebook celebrity doctor Parkphum Dejhutsadin said his phone suddenly started pinging on Saturday - scores of his two million followers in Thailand were desperate and they needed his help.
With nowhere to turn as they cowered in a shopping mall from a rogue soldier who had already killed more than two dozen people, they looked to Facebook and other social media to send their pleas and to try to find escape.
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