Drugs,guns,questions:Grief turns to anger for families of Thai daycare massacre

Drugs,guns,questions:Grief turns to anger for families of Thai daycare massacre

Families of the victims stood over their coffins and opened them,wailing in despair,at the local Buddhist temple.

  • byChris Barrett

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‘He killed them all’:Survivors recount the terror as police hunt motive for Thailand daycare attack

‘He killed them all’:Survivors recount the terror as police hunt motive for Thailand daycare attack

Parents have recounted hearing gunshots from their workplaces as an ex-policeman killed at least 37 people including 24 children.

  • byChris Barrett
‘Under the influence’:Thai policeman consumed drugs before daycare massacre
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Thailand

‘Under the influence’:Thai policeman consumed drugs before daycare massacre

Former police officer Panya Khamrab had been in court on drugs charges before carrying out the attack that killed more than 20 children.

  • byChris Barrett
Drug gang kills 20 in attack on city hall in southern Mexico

Drug gang kills 20 in attack on city hall in southern Mexico

A gang shot to death 20 people,including a mayor and his father,in the mountains of the southern Mexico state of Guerrero,officials said.

  • byEduardo Verdugo
Children,teachers killed in Russian school shooting
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Russia

Children,teachers killed in Russian school shooting

A gunman has killed 15 people and wounded 24 others in a school in central Russia,authorities said.

Schools insist students carry clear backpacks after Uvalde massacre

Schools insist students carry clear backpacks after Uvalde massacre

Middle and high school students in Dallas will be required to carry the transparent backpacks,which students have previously complained are an “invasion of privacy”.

  • byLindsey Bever
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Nearly 400 police on scene but ‘egregiously poor’ decisions:Uvalde report

Nearly 400 police on scene but ‘egregiously poor’ decisions:Uvalde report

The most exhaustive report yet on the mass school shooting in Texas spread blame across federal and state law enforcement,not just local authorities.

  • byJake Bleiberg andPaul J Weber
Highland Park shooting suspect contemplated second Independence Day massacre

Highland Park shooting suspect contemplated second Independence Day massacre

Fresh questions have also emerged about how the 21-year-old with a history of dangerous behaviour was able to bypass background checks to buy guns.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Highland Park accused wore women’s clothing to hide,used legally bought guns

Highland Park accused wore women’s clothing to hide,used legally bought guns

Police say Robert Crimo III disguised himself in women’s clothing and was equipped with a legally purchased firearm.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
309th mass shooting this year:America’s gun violence epidemic

309th mass shooting this year:America’s gun violence epidemic

The rampage in Highland Park,Chicago,came on July 4,the day Americans are meant to take to the streets to celebrate the good things about their country.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Police capture person of interest in Chicago parade shooting
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Police capture person of interest in Chicago parade shooting

Six people were killed and at least two dozen injured when a man with a high-powered rifle opened fire from a rooftop at a Fourth of July parade.

  • byEric Cox