the thai ministry of defence says the attacker is a low ranking officer named jakraphanth thomma.hese pictures were taken from his facebook page, on which he posted updates on the rampage as it happened. it has since been taken down. this report is the latest from jonathan head. panic in a provincial shopping mall. as people realise there is a gunman inside and they have to run. from outside, the sound of multiple gunshots. at this stage he had already killed a senior army officer and shot several other soldiers before reaching the mall. at one point one of his shots appeared to ignite a gas cylinder. the government has been identified as 32 sergeant major jakrapha nth thomma. he took selfies of himself outside the mall and live streamed parts of his attack on facebook before it was taken down. his motives are not yet known. army and police units have sealed off the shopping mall hoping to bring this shocking incident in one of the country's largest cities to a quick end. gun crimes are not uncommon in thailand. but a shooting on the scale by one man is something horribly new. jon

he has been a identified as sergeant major jakraphanth thomma.med part of his attack on facebook before it was taken down attack on facebook before it was ta ken down but attack on facebook before it was taken down but his motives are not yet known. gun crimes are not uncommon in thailand but a shooting on the scale by one man is something horribly new. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. more through the evening. we understand that five british people, including a child, have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the french alps. they were all staying in the same chalet in a ski resort in the savoie region and caught the virus from a british man who'd recently returned from singapore. elsewhere, a british family are in hospital in majorca as a precaution after they reportedly came into contact with a coronavirus patient. more than 700 people have died from the virus in china since the outbreak started. andy moore reports. a picturesque ski resort in the french alps, the unlikely setting for this new cluster of coronavirus cases. french officials said

so locally by police as jakraphanth thomma.about weapons, who had access and who was familiar to them, potentially? yes, when he was in the malls we saw cctv pictures of him walking through, heavily armed, possibly wearing body armour as well. with initial suspicion be that potentially he managed to appropriate from military stores ? appropriate from military stores? that is the understanding that after the first incident at the military base he stocked up on weapons and those are the ones are used in the mall. he live streamed 01’ in the mall. he live streamed or put on facebook certain m essa 9 es or put on facebook certain messages during the, during the 17 hour incident and they were pretty quickly taken down. by facebook? by facebook themselves but they were up there for a while, saying things like "death is inevitable for everyone" and then asking whether he should give up. presumably, people will be studying those posts and wondering whether that was some sort of motive, presumably the police want to speak to his family

his name is jakraphanth thomma. he is said to be a sergeant major or low ranking officer.tole a vehicle, some ammunition and some weapons and headed first for a buddhist temple where there was some shooting and then onto the shopping centre. the soldier opened fire in several places and according to the lieutenant colonel who speaks for the defence ministry, there are 20 corpses known to have been recovered. 31 people are injured inside the mall. ten of them are believed to be in hospital. some of the injuries are said to be very serious indeed. they don't know how long it's going to take to clear this. they are trying to take control of the building but they are still searching for the suspect. we'll bring you more on bbc news as it comes to us. the department for work and pensions says it's "working urgently" to make improvements after a report raised concerns about the number of suicides linked to problems with benefit claims. the national audit office says 69 cases have been investigated in the past six years, but warns that the true number is likely to be much higher.

the thai ministry of defence says the attacker is a low ranking officer named jakraphanth thomma. pictures were taken from his facebook page, on which he posted updates on the rampage as it happened. it has since been taken down. the bbc‘s thanyarat doksone is following the ongoing incident and gave some further information about the soldier's background. he is still in the army. according to the defence ministry spokesman, he said that this man, this gunman isa he said that this man, this gunman is a low ranking, veryjunior officer who is based in the city of korat and about six hours ago, he started killing his commander and also a relative who lives in the same house before he went on a military base and stole some guns and ammunition before he continued his rampage at a buddhist temple and ata his rampage at a buddhist temple and at a very busy shopping mall. this isa at a very busy shopping mall. this is a saturday evening, at a very popular shopping mall in the city and there were a lot of people there and there were a lot of people there and there were a lot of people there

police have identified the gunman as 32—year—old jakraphanth thomma, a junior army officer.oving with an eerie calm. but his rampage began elsewhere, at an army base, where he killed two people, including his commanding officer. and in the early hours of the attack he posted messages on facebook saying, "death is inevitable for everyone," and at one point asking, "should i give up?" the posts were quickly taken down, but not before they could be seen by people in the area, who are struggling to make sense of what they witnessed. there were bodies in the street, there were cars with bullet holes in them. very graphic images on social media that were luckily taken down, but very graphic. thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world, but a mass shooting like this is something shocking and new for the country. with this shooting there were over, questions will be asked about what motivated the attacker and how to prevent something like this happening again. voters in switzerland will decide whether it should be made illegal to discriminate on the basis of

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security forces have killed the shooter jakrapha nth thomma, forces have killed the shooter jakraphanth thomma from reuters news agency. we will check that out but that possibly indicate as you can see the pictures we're looking now, that people have been able to get closer to the entrance and you and i were watching pictures earlier showing five oi’ pictures earlier showing five or six ambulances getting right close to the gate? and we thought that might be an indication that that was an indication that that was an indication to make their last move and about a0 minutes ago we had another update indicating that the gunman was on his own and he did not have any hostages. and it was a crucial update, saying he did not have hostages and that is significant in terms of police tactics potentially? yes, and it brought to a close a 12 hour window where we were not sure how new people were in the mall and whether they were hiding or being held hostage. we had seen a previous attempt to flush the gunman out which actually ended with one of the security forces dying. and keeping an eye on the pictures,

the soldier's name is jakraphanth thomma. senior officer and killed a number of people at a temple. at least 20 people dead and 31 people injured, ten any serious condition and the latest reports following a series of explosions as you can see there on the screen is that one person has been killed, that coming from the thai health minister and to have been wounded as part of the attack. to make wounded and attacked by security forces inside that shopping mall on sunday. we don't have clear indications of who they are, and who that person killed within the mall is, but we will bring you the latest on that. this is been going on for a number of hours now and it is the early hours of the day in thailand as you can see there. just to bring you a little bit more that we are getting and we understand that it's a number of the thailand security forces that it was killed. two were wounded as pa rt it was killed. two were wounded as part of this raid, it may well be as a result of these explosions that we re a result of these explosio

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thai police have the last few hours put up a wanted poster for him on facebook, his name is jakraphanth thomma and he's 32 years old and facebook has also said that they have taken down his page and they've issued their condolences in a statement where they say that facebook will not tolerate people using the platform to telegraph attacks like this. of course, that's been a big issue. we're waiting to hear more information about the status of the gunman. eric: we'll bring you up-to-date and of course if indeed they do capture him. thank you. arthel: a decision by the u.k. to allow chinese tech company huawei to take part in the 5g network, it's sparking some concern in the u.s. could it threaten trade talks between washington and britain? or washington and china? what the white house is saying, coming up next. (announcer) carvana's had a lot of firsts. 100% online car buying. car vending machines. and now, putting you in control of your financing. at carvana, get personalized terms, browse for cars that fit your budget, then customize your down payment and monthly payment. and these aren't mad

police have identified the gunman as 32—year—old jakraphanth thomma, a junior army officer.the shopping centre, moving with an eerie calm. but his rampage began elsewhere, at an army base, where he killed two people, including his commanding officer. and in the early hours of the attack he posted messages on facebook saying, "death is inevitable for everyone," and at one point asking, "should i give up?" the posts were quickly taken down, but not before they could be seen by people in the area, who are struggling to make sense of what they witnessed. thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world, but a mass shooting like this is something shocking and new for the country. people in ireland are awaiting the results of the country's general election, with counting due to begin at 9:00am this morning. the three main political parties have tied in first preference votes, according to an exit poll. the vote made history as the country's first ever general election vote to be held on a saturday. voters in switzerland will decide whether it should be made ille