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Terrorism

Soldier kills 29 people in Thailand before being shot

Hundreds rescued from shopping centre in hours-long siege

People gather as they pray for victims who died in mass shooting, involving a Thai soldier on a shooting rampage, in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Feb.9.   © Reuters

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (Reuters) -- A soldier angry over a property deal gone sour killed at least 29 people and wounded 57 in a rampage that spanned four locations in and around the northeastern Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima before he was shot dead early Sunday.

Most of the victims were at the city's Terminal 21 shopping centre, where the shooter held out against an overnight siege with an assault rifle and ammunition stolen from his army base.

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