Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 January 1997

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

The day before Thomma shot his commander Colonel Anantharot Krasae at the Surathamphithak army camp. He then shot and killed the commander's mother-in-law. Thomma then stole a Humvee and drove to the Terminal 21 shopping mall where he left the vehicle and began shooting indiscriminately at people before detonating a cooking gas cylinder, killing 26 civilians. He then took sixteen hostages inside the mall on the fourth floor. Thomma live-streamed on Facebook Live during the siege and shared photos and memes on his profile page. Police officers and soldiers stormed the mall and demanded Thomma's surrender, to which he responded by opening fire on them, killing three policemen and a soldier and wounded at least three others.
(9 February 2020)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Thursday 23rd of January 1997 27 years ago
23-year-old serial killer Andonis Daglis aka The Athens Ripper is sentenced to thirteen terms of life imprisonment, plus 25 years for raping and murdering three prostitutes and cutting them up with a chain saw in Athens, Attica, Greece. During his trial, Daglis told the court, "I hated all prostitutes and continue to hate them. I went to meet them for sex but suddenly other pictures came into my head. I heard voices which ordered me to kill. Once I thought about strangling my fiancée, but I restrained myself."