This is bbc news. Welcome if you are watching here in the uk or around the globe. Im james reynolds. Our top stories the gunman in the thai mass shooting has been shot dead by Security Forces. The serviceman killed 20 people and injured dozens more in a shooting rampage. In other news the coronavirus is now more deadly than sars, as the death toll in china exceeds 800. Too close to call exit polls in irelands general election point to a three way tie between the Prime Ministers fine gael and two opposition parties. Ahead of the oscars and its long running diversity debate, film director spike lee tells us why hollywood still has such a long way to go
within the past hour, police in thailand have said that a soldier who went on a rampage in a Shopping Mall in the city of nakhon ratchasima, killing at least 20 people, has been shot dead by Security Forces. He wounded more than a0 other people, ten of them believed to be critically injured. He had taken cover in the terminal 21 Shopping M
The violence started on saturday when the soldier is reported to have killed his Commanding Officer before stealing weapons from a military camp. He then continued his attack at the terminal 21 mall in the city centre. Panicked shoppers scatter in a City Centre Shopping Mall as they hear news that a gunman is inside, shooting people. Outside, the sound of repeated shots stuns passing motorists. Some of them are struck by the flying bullets. This is the start of what was to be a long and terrifying day in nakhon ratchasima. Security cameras picked up the chilling image of a well armed assailant, a serving soldier, walking calmly through the mall. The gunman has been identified as an Army Sergeant major. Earlier, he had killed his Commanding Officer and stolen weapons and ammunition from an army base, before moving on to the mall. His motive for this attack is still unclear. Police and army units surrounded the mall for five hours before officers from a special police squad moved in, all
Hello, and welcome to bbc news. A thai soldier who carried out a shooting spree has been killed by Security Forces. 20 people are known to have been killed in the incident and 42 others wounded. Officials say that the gunman shot a colonel at his Army Barracks and stole weapons before opening fire in a buddhist temple and a Shopping Centre in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima. Aaron safir has the latest. A15 a 15 hour stand off finally over. Tire Security Forces emerged from the terminal 21 Shopping Mall in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima, a lone gunman shot dead, but not before he took 20 lives. For a long time it was not clear how this stand off would end. Hundreds of people enjoying a weekend shop managed to escape the rampaging gunman, but an earlier attempt to flush him out failed, with one member of the Security Forces killed. Inside, people ran and hid whatever they could as news of the attack spread. Translation i saw the Security Guard officials and a motorcycle taxi driver running
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