Death toll in children’s daycare shooting in Thailand rises to 36

A former police officer has stormed a child daycare centre in Thailand, killing at least 36 people, most of them children, before killing himself and his family.
The attacker, armed with a shotgun, a pistol and a knife, opened fire on children and adults at the centre in Nong Bua Lamphu province at about 12:30 pm (0530 GMT) on Thursday before fleeing the scene in a pick-up truck.
The dead include at least 24 children, said police colonel Jakkapat Vijitraithaya, from the province where the attack happened.
The gunman forced his way into a locked room where children were sleeping at the time, according to a witness.