An ex-police officer killed at least 37 people at a childcare centre before killing himself and his family.
Thailand is mourning a horrific gun and knife attack at a childcare centre in the north-east that left 37 people, including 23 children, dead.A former policeman had stormed the building on Thursday, killing children as young as two as they slept.Police say the 34-year-old attacker killed himself and his family after a manhunt. The motive for the attack is not yet known. But police said the attacker was fired from his job in June for drug use.
Rescue workers had earlier brought the victims' bodies to the police station, where families of the dead had gathered. Distraught relatives had also waited outside the daycare centre well into the night.Police said the armed attacker broke into the building just after lunch time on Thursday, shooting his way past a teacher and parent outside.
The attacker's son went to the centre but hadn't been attending for a month, she said. He was recognised by one of her colleagues when he burst in. "Then he got out and started killing anyone he met along the way with a gun or the knife until he got home.Police said Kamrab returned home, killing his wife and son before taking his own life.
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