UPDATE 7-Thai 兵士 kills 26 in rampage, most inside shopping 商店街
By Panu Wongcha-um
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A Thai 兵士 who killed at least 26 people, most of them in a shopping 商店街 in the northeast of the country, was angry over a land 取引，協定 伴う／関わるing a 親族 of his 命令（する）ing officer, 公式の／役人s said on Sunday.
Thai 安全 軍隊s 発射 and killed the rogue 兵士 after an 夜通し 引き分け at the 終点 21 shopping 中心 in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima, where most of the 犠牲者s of the 大虐殺 were killed.
The 兵士 drove to the 商店街 in a stolen Humvee and was 武装した with an 強襲，強姦 武器 and 弾薬／武器 stolen from the army base's 兵器庫, an 公式の／役人 said.
He 最初 地位，任命するd written messages on Facebook during the attack before his account was shut 負かす／撃墜する by the company.
"It was a personal 衝突...over a house 取引，協定," 総理大臣 Prayuth Chan-ocha told reporters on Sunday from Nakhon Ratchasima after traveling there to 会合，会う with 負傷させるd 生存者s.
Prayuth 追加するd that the 衝突 was with a 親族 of the 兵士's 命令（する）ing officer.
Hundreds of shoppers fled the 商店街 in groups crouching low, and the police and army 開始する，打ち上げるd several 救助（する）s during the more than 12-hour 引き分け, with 武装した 軍隊s at one point 現れるing at a run carrying small children.
"It was 脅すing because I could hear the 時折の 射撃...we waited a long time for the police to come and help us, many hours," said Suvanarat Jirattanasakul, 27, her 発言する／表明する trembling after she 現れるd.
Another 生存者 told 地元の Amarin TV that the shooter was "目的（とする）ing for the 長，率いるs" and said his 同僚 died on the scene.
"He was 狙撃 everywhere and his 発射s were very 正確な," said the man, identified as "Diaw."
Also known by the historical 指名する Korat, Nakhon Ratchasima has a 全住民 of about 250,000. It is の近くに to a 国家の park popular for its wild elephants but the northeastern 地域 is one of the lesser-visited areas の中で Thail and's nearly million 年次の tourists.
STOLEN ARSENAL
CCTV （映画の）フィート数 from inside the 商店街 地位，任命するd on social マスコミ showed the 銃器携帯者／殺しや dressed in 黒人／ボイコット and wearing a mask, his gun slung over his shoulder with no 調印する of other people around.
Police 指名するd the shooter as 32-year-old 兵士 Jakrapanth Thomma. He 報道によれば worked at an army base の近くに to Nakhon Ratchasima, which is about 250 km (155 miles) from the 資本／首都 Bangkok.
Jakrapanth was a sharp shooter and took many special courses on attacking, 含むing planning 待ち伏せ／迎撃するs, army sources said, and Thai マスコミ 報告（する）／憶測d he often 地位，任命するd photos of 武器s on social マスコミ
The 殺人，大当りs began at around 3 p.m. (0800 GMT) on Saturday when the 兵士 opened 解雇する／砲火／射撃 in a house before moving to an army （軍の）野営地，陣営 and then to the 商店街.
The 兵士's 命令（する）ing officer was one of the people 報告（する）／憶測d killed before the 兵士 moved on to the shopping 商店街 and began 狙撃.
At some point during the day, the 兵士 （警察の）手入れ，急襲d the army （軍の）野営地，陣営's 武器s 貯蔵 to arm himself, said Lt. General Thanya Kiatsarn, 指揮官 of the Second Area 命令（する）.
"He attacked the guard to the 武器 兵器庫, who later died, and he stole an 公式の／役人 jeep and an HK33 gun and an 量 of 弾薬／武器 to do what he did," Thanya said.
"SPEND THE MONEY IN HELL"
Hours before he began 狙撃 on Saturday, Jakrapanth had 地位，任命するd on his Facebook account 公然と非難するing greedy people.
"Rich from cheating. Taking advantage of other people. Do they think they can spend the money in hell?" read one 地位，任命する in Thai.
He later 地位，任命するd written updates during the attack.
"Death is 必然的な for everyone," he wrote. Later, he complained about his fingers cramping and asked "Should I give up?" before the account was no longer 利用できる.
Hours after the 商店街 包囲 began, Facebook said it had 除去するd the 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う's account.
"There is no place on Facebook for people who commit this 肉親，親類d of 残虐（行為）, nor do we 許す people to 賞賛する or supp ort this attack," a Facebook 代表者／国会議員 said in a 声明.
Major 狙撃s are rare in the Southeast Asian country other than in the far south, where a １０年間s-old 暴動 固執するs.
(付加 報告（する）／憶測ing by Athit Perawongmetha, Jiraporn Kuhakan and Patpicha Tanakasempipat in Nakhon Ratchasima; Panarat Thepgumpanat, Orathai Sriring and Juarawee Kittisilpa in Bangkok; 令状ing by Kay Johnson; Editing by David Gregorio, Simon Cameron-Moore and Jacqueline Wong)
