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The Latest Breaking News from Nong Bua Lam Phu

Beyond gun control

Thai society has again been shaken to its core by a deadly shooting spree at a school in the vicinity of Bangkok. After major mass shooting cases such as the Nakhon Ratchasima attack in 2020, the Nong Bua Lam Phu massacre in 2022, and the shooting at Siam Paragon shopping…

Bangkok Post · Aug 7

Elephant tramples on fair visitors in NE Thailand

An elephant trampled on five people at a fair when fireworks were lit during the opening ceremony in the northeastern province of Nong Bua Lam Phu on Saturday night, but no-one was seriously hurt.

Bangkok Post · Jan 20, 2025

Gunman surrenders a day after Isan triple killing

The 58-year-old gunman who shot three people to death in the northeastern province of Nong Bua Lam Phu surrendered to police on Thursday, a day after the killings.

Bangkok Post · Nov 29, 2024

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Cabinet approves gun amnesty

The cabinet has approved an amnesty for gun owners who have not yet registered their firearms following the mass shooting that left 36 people dead in Nong Bua Lam Phu.

Bangkok Post · Mar 16, 2023

Anti-drug model takes hold

An integrated programme aimed at dealing with narcotics and its impact on a community in the northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province has been hailed as a success. It is now being used as a model for other communities.

Bangkok Post · Feb 17, 2023

Parents demand tambon official leaves after Nong Bua Lam Phu threat

KHON KAEN: Fearful parents rallied on Monday demanding that a local tambon administration official leave the area immediately after he made threatening reference to a repeat of the Nong Bua Lam Phu massacre.

Bangkok Post · Nov 28, 2022

Opposition seeks daycare centre massacre debate

The opposition will postpone its plan to file a motion for a general debate in parliament to the middle of next month to pave the way for an urgent motion on the child daycare centre massacre in Nong Bua Lam Phu.

Bangkok Post · Oct 30, 2022

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Give mental health a chance

A string of mass shootings by officers in recent years may involve many factors, but they highlight the need for an improvement in mental health services, experts say, following the nursery massacre in Nong Bua Lam Phu's Na Klang district that left 36 people dead, mostly young children, and others…

Bangkok Post · Oct 17, 2022

Gun loopholes need plugging

The government appears to be serious about controlling gun ownership and cracking down on illicit drug trafficking in the aftermath of the recent massacre at a childcare centre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province, where a total of 36 people, mostly pre-school children, were killed by a former police officer.…

Bangkok Post · Oct 17, 2022

Workplace mental support a must

The preschool mass shooting in Nong Bua Lam Phu last week has raised a number of controversial issues -- from gun control, journalism ethics and professionalism, to drugs and violence.

Bangkok Post · Oct 16, 2022

Rehab shows progress after daycare tragedy

As soon as Loei Ratchanakharin Psychiatric Hospital announced it was recruiting volunteers to help survivors and those who lost loved ones in the massacre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province, Pensuda Chaimueang, a 51-year-old nurse, did not hesitate to join.

Bangkok Post · Oct 16, 2022

Mum 'sorry' over killer son's actions

The mother of Panya Khamrab, the former police officer who carried out the nursery massacre in Nong Bua Lam Phu, says she deeply regrets what her son did.

Bangkok Post · Oct 12, 2022

Gung-ho for gun control

The recent massacre at a daycare centre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province that resulted in 36 people being killed by a former policeman before he took his own life, has again shone a spotlight on gun violence in society.

Bangkok Post · Oct 12, 2022

Thai nursery massacre unfolded over three hours of horror

In the days before he killed 36 people, including 22 children stabbed as they slept, the former police sergeant behind Thailand's worst massacre was firing guns in his back yard.

Reuters · Oct 12, 2022

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Bangkok Post · Oct 12, 2022

Premier to lead new anti-drug panel

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will lead a new committee to steer efforts in tackling narcotics problems in the wake of last week's mass shooting at a childcare centre in Nong Bua Lam Phu.

Bangkok Post · Oct 11, 2022

PM joins cremation ritual for victims

A large number of people from many parts of Thailand on Tuesday joined the mass cremation for 36 victims of Thursday's massacre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province.

Bangkok Post · Oct 11, 2022

Let's talk about gun control in Thailand

Oct 6 marks one of the most tragic days in Thailand's history. Back in 1976, hundreds of students and protesters were attacked and killed at Thammasat University's Tha Prachan campus. Last week, 37 people, 24 of them preschool kids, lost their lives in a gun and knife attack at a…

Reuters · Oct 11, 2022

Last goodbyes as Thailand marks lives of child massacre victims

Thousands of people gathered at temples in northeast Thailand on Tuesday to cremate the victims of a massacre of 36 people, among them 22 preschool children slashed to death in a rampage by a disgraced policeman that shocked the world.

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Bangkok Post · Oct 11, 2022

Opposition seeks debate over shooting

The opposition has called on coalition parties and the Senate to back a motion for a general debate in parliament on the child daycare centre massacre in Nong Bua Lam Phu.

Bangkok Post · Oct 10, 2022

4 tragedy survivors recovering well

The conditions of four wounded survivors from last Thursday's tragedy in Nong Bua Lam Phu are improving, according to doctors.

Bangkok Post · Oct 9, 2022

Pope prays for massacre victims

Pope Francis on Sunday prayed for the grieving families of victims of the massacre in northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province last week.

Bangkok Post · Oct 9, 2022

4 tragedy survivors 'recovering' well

The conditions of four wounded survivors from last Thursday's tragedy in Nong Bua Lam Phu are improving, according to doctors.

Reuters · Oct 9, 2022

'Miracle' toddler survived Thailand nursery massacre asleep under blanket

A three-year-old child who managed to survive last week's massacre at a nursery in northeast Thailand slumbered through the horror under a blanket in the corner of a classroom.

Bangkok Post · Oct 9, 2022

Nursery massacre families pray to free children's souls

Mourning families knelt Sunday outside a nursery in northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province where their children were murdered, performing a Buddhist ceremony to put their souls at rest.

Bangkok Post · Oct 9, 2022

BMA pushes to rid city of amphetamine abuse

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is pushing to rid Bangkok of amphetamines following the child centre massacre in Nong Bua Lam Phu.

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