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Scenes of relatives of the shooting victims weep as they wait for their beloved one’s bodies at a forensic laboratory of Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, 09 February 2020.
According to media reports, at least 27 people including a suspected gunman were killed, and as many as 57 wounded after a Thai soldier, identified as 32-year-old Jakraphanth Thomma, went on a shooting rampage with a M60 machine gun and assault rifles in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima, also known as Korat.
Thomma held an unknown number of people hostage within the Terminal 21 shopping mall for around 15 hours before being shot and killed in a police operation.
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Thai father, Nathawut Kanchanamethee (L) breaks in tears as he collects a body of his 13-year-old son. EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
Relatives of a shooting victim weep at a forensic laboratory of Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand. EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
Thai father Nathawut Kanchanamethee (L) holds a portrait of his son Rachanon, that was shot dead in the shooting rampage. EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
Thai forensic police officers inspect car of a shooting victim at the scene of a mass shooting outside the Terminal 21 shopping mall in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 09 February 2020. . EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
Shoes lay next blood stains near a vehicle belonging to a shooting victim at the scene of a mass shooting at the Terminal 21 shopping mall in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand,. EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
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