Thai soldier dead after killing 26
A Thai soldier who killed at least 26 people, most of them in a shopping mall in the northeast of the country, was angry over a land deal involving a relative of his commanding officer, officials said on Sunday.
Thai security forces shot and killed the rogue soldier after an overnight standoff at the Terminal 21 shopping centre in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima, where most of the victims of the massacre were killed.
The soldier drove to the mall in a stolen Humvee and was armed with an assault weapon and ammunition stolen from the army base's arsenal, an official said.
He initially posted written messages on Facebook during the attack before his account was shut down by the company.
"It was a personal conflict...over a house deal," Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha ...
