BANGKOK - A Thai soldier killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 20 in a shooting rampage on Saturday (Feb 8) in the north-east of Thailand and is still at large in a shopping mall, police said.

Police and soldiers later stormed into the mall in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima and helped hundreds of people to escape, defence ministry spokesman Kongcheep Tantrawanit told Reuters.