Andre Malerba

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Clients: US Holocaust Memorial Museum, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Rest of World, The Washington Post

School: The International Center of Photography The University of Vermont

A nursery school in Nong Bua La...dren dead out of a total of 36.

1 of 10 © 2024 Andre Malerba

A nursery school in Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, June 3, 2023. This nursery was the site of a mass killing in October 2022, carried out by former police officer, Panya Kamrab, that left 23 children dead out of a total of 36.

An emergency responder sits at ... Thani, Thailand, June 2, 2023.

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An emergency responder sits at the desk where he first received calls about the Non Bua Lamphu massacre in Udon Thani, Thailand, June 2, 2023.

A man holds a hand gun at a sho...ngkok, Thailand, June 11, 2023.

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A man holds a hand gun at a shooting range in Bangkok, Thailand, June 11, 2023.

Kumthorn Thongpod, a maintenanc...walk at the time of this photo.

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Kumthorn Thongpod, a maintenance worker who was shot and severely injured during the massacre, at his family's home in Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, June 3, 2023. Kumthorn Thongpod had difficulty breathing and could not walk at the time of this photo.

A nursery school in Nong Bua La...ctober 2022, remains abandoned.

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A nursery school in Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, June 3, 2023. This nursery, the site of a mass killing in October 2022, remains abandoned.

Women pray during a ceremony ho...Lamphu, Thailand, June 3, 2023.

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Women pray during a ceremony honoring those killed in the October 2022 mass slaying at a nearby nursery school in Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, June 3, 2023.

A plaque commemorating Patthara...Lamphu, Thailand, June 3, 2023.

7 of 10 © 2024 Andre Malerba

A plaque commemorating Pattharawat Chamnongnit, who was killed during the massacre at age 4, is seen at a temple in Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, June 3, 2023.

Students are reflected in the w...res selling a variety firearms.

8 of 10 © 2024 Andre Malerba

Students are reflected in the window of a gun shop on Burapha Road in Bangkok, Thailand, July 19, 2023. Burapha Road is famous for stores selling a variety firearms.

A Sig Sauer hand gun, the same ...ngkok, Thailand, July 19, 2023.

9 of 10 © 2024 Andre Malerba

A Sig Sauer hand gun, the same model used in the massacre, is seen in the window of a gun shop on Burapha Road in Bangkok, Thailand, July 19, 2023.

An instructor teachers a woman ...ngkok, Thailand, June 11, 2023.

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An instructor teachers a woman how to properly use a firearm at a shooting range in Bangkok, Thailand, June 11, 2023.

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How The US Drives Gun Exports: Bloomberg

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Updated Nov 2024

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"Last October (2023), a recently fired police officer walked into his stepson’s nursery school in the remote northeast of Thailand and, in under 30 minutes, killed 23 children and two teachers. Panya Kamrab hacked some of his victims to death with a sugar-cane machete and shot others point blank with a pistol, including three local government employees eating lunch outside the school. The rampage, which left a total of 36 dead, ranks as the worst in Thai history and one of the worst in the world.

The killer’s gun, a Sig Sauer P365 — touted by the company as small enough to easily conceal yet able to hold 13 rounds — had traveled more than 8,000 miles from a factory on New Hampshire’s rocky seacoast to Thailand’s lush Nong Bua Lamphu province."

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