RECAP: Southern Thailand Hit by Deadly Floods, Hat Yai Records Record Rain

Catastrophic floods have battered southern Thailand, affecting more than 3 million people and causing over 100 deaths across the region. Hat Yai has experienced “the heaviest rain in 300 years,” prompting a disaster declaration.

Thailand mourns victims of mass killing at nursery

Thailand on Friday mourned over 35 victims of a mass killing at a nursery in a Thailand on Friday mourned over 35 victims of a mass killing at a nursery in a northeastern province the previous day, as investigations on the attacker, a former police officer, are ongoing, according to local media reports. Amid grief over the more than 20 children killed, relatives laid flowers in front of the nursery in Na Klang district of Nong Bua Lam Phu Province, located 500 kilometers from Bangkok.

THAILAND-NONG BUA LAMPHU-MASS SHOOTING

THAILAND-NONG BUA LAMPHU-MASS SHOOTING

(221006) -- NONG BUA LAMPHU, Oct. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members gather at the childcare center where a shooting took place in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand, Oct. 6, 2022. The death toll from a mass shooting at a childcare center on Thursday in northeast Thailand's Nong Bua Lamphu province has risen to 38, most of them children, local authorities said. (Xinhua)

THAILAND-NONG BUA LAMPHU-MASS SHOOTING

THAILAND-NONG BUA LAMPHU-MASS SHOOTING

(221006) -- NONG BUA LAMPHU, Oct. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A police officer stands guard at the childcare center where a shooting took place in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand, Oct. 6, 2022. The death toll from a mass shooting at a childcare center on Thursday in northeast Thailand's Nong Bua Lamphu province has risen to 38, most of them children, local authorities said. (Xinhua)

Death toll from Thai childcare center mass shooting rises to 36

STORY: Death toll from Thai childcare center mass shooting rises to 36 DATELINE: Oct. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the shooting scene STORYLINE: Local authorities said a mass shooting at a childcare center on Thursday in northeast Thailand's Nong Bua Lamphu province has killed at least 36 people, including 24 children. Another 12 people were reportedly injured. The shooting occurred at around 12:40 p.m. local time. A local police official said the attacker, reportedly a 34-year-old former police officer, later killed his family members before taking his own life. "About the horrifying incident, I would like to extend my deepest condolences to the families of the dead and injured," Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha wrote on his Facebook account, adding that he has ordered the national police chief to "fast-track an investigation." A woman working at the childcare center told a local TV program that they were having lunch when she heard the soun