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Thailand gets tougher on guns after child-care massacre that killed dozens

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October 12, 2022 at 4:45 a.m. EDT
Cremation ceremonies were held Oct. 11 for the children and others who died in a mass killing attack at a day-care center in northeast Thailand. (Video: Reuters)
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Top officials in Thailand are seeking to tighten the nation’s gun laws after a former police officer killed 36 people, including 24 children, in one of the country’s worst mass slaughters in recent memory.

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha ordered authorities this week to revoke gun licenses from people determined to have behaved in a way that “threatens society” or “creates chaos or unrest,” government spokesperson Anucha Burapachaisri said in a statement. The prime minister also ordered a crackdown on sales and possession of illegal guns and told officials to step up drug testing among government officials.