Two shot dead at army college, soldier arrested
published : 14 Sep 2022 at 14:28
writer: R May
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Gunman threatened to kill 10 people at training facility in Dusit district.
A sergeant-major said to be mentally ill shot two colleagues dead and wounded another at the Army War College of the Army Training Command in Bangkok's Dusit district on Wednesday morning.
Special operations police were called to the army college in Dusit district about 8.45am.
Army deputy spokeswoman Col Sirichan Ngathong later said the shooter was Sgt Maj Yongyut Mangkornkim, 59, an administrative clerk at the Army War College.
Col Sirichan said Sgt Maj Yongyut walked into the administration office carrying a gun and opened fire, then walked out, according to an official who had been hiding inside the college building.
The gunman killed Sgt Maj Nopparat Intarasunthorn and Sgt Maj Prakan Sinsong and wounded Sgt Maj Yongyuth Panyanuwat. All were administrative clerks in the same office, she said.
The wounded Sgt Maj Yongyuth was rushed to Phramongkutklao Hospital for emergency treatment.
After the shooting, Sgt Maj Yongyut was immediately arrested by police waiting in front of the Army Training Command.
An investigation would establish the motive for the crime, Col Sirichan said.
According to information from Sgt Maj Yongyut's office, he was stressed and had health problems. He also was on record as having suffered from mental illness.
Col Sirichan said those killed and injured would be well taken care of and that police handling the case would receive the army’s full cooperation.
"The army would like to extend its condolences to the families of those killed and injured. It is a big loss to both the army and those families," she said.
Vocabulary
- administrative (adj): involving the planning, organising and running of a business, an institution, etc - เกี่ยวกับการบริหาร
- clerk (noun): a person whose job is to keep the records or accounts in an office, shop/store etc - เสมียน
- condolences (noun): sympathy that you feel for somebody when a person in their family or that they know well has died; an expression of this sympathy - การแสดงความเสียใจต่อผู้อื่น
- facility (noun): a building, equipment, etc., used for a particular purpose - โรงงาน, สถานบริการ, สิ่งก่อสร้าง, สิ่งอำนวยความสะดวก
- handle: to take action in order to deal with a difficult situation - ดูแล, จัดการ
- mental illness (noun): a disease or illness that affects someone's mind and behaviour - ความเจ็บป่วยทางจิต, ความเจ็บป่วยทางจิตใจ, การเจ็บป่วยทางจิตใจ
- motive: a reason for doing something - แรงจูงใจ
- open fire: to start shooting at something with guns -
- sergeant-major (noun): a middle-ranking police officer - จ่าสิบเอก
- stressed: affected by pressure, worry, etc. - วิตกกังวล
- suffer (from): to be badly affected by a disease, pain, sadness, a lack of something, etc - เป็นโรค, ประสบความทุกข์
