(CNN) A Thai soldier accused of killing more than 26 people and injuring 57 others in a shooting at a crowded shopping mall has been shot dead by police, bringing an end to a 12-hour manhunt, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Sunday. The attacker was "shot dead" at around 9 a.m. local time (9 p.m. The standoff began on Saturday after the shooter started firing first at a military site and then at the Terminal 21 shopping mall in Thailand's northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima province, known as Korat. Frantic scenes from the mall overnight showed heavily armed Thai soldiers trying to shepherd terrified shoppers out to safety. News footage from the scene showed people leaving the area in pickup trucks and cars as security forces surrounded the mall.

Source: CNN February 09, 2020 02:42 UTC