More than 30 killed in childcare center attack, Thai police say

More than 30 people, chiefly children, were killed Thursday erstwhile a gunman opened occurrence successful a childcare halfway successful northeastern Thailand, authorities said.

Police Maj. Gen. Achayon Kraithong said the shooting occurred aboriginal successful the day successful the halfway successful the municipality of Nongbua Lamphu.

He said the attacker killed 30 radical earlier taking his ain life. He had nary much details.

A spokesperson for a determination nationalist affairs bureau said 26 deaths person been confirmed truthful acold — 23 children, 2 teachers and 1 constabulary officer.

According to Thai media reports, the gunman besides utilized knives successful the onslaught and past fled the building.

Photographs showed astatine slightest 2 bodies connected the level of the halfway covered successful achromatic sheets.

Several media outlets identified the assailant arsenic a erstwhile constabulary lieutenant colonel from the portion but determination was nary contiguous authoritative confirmation.

The Daily News paper reported that aft fleeing the country of the onslaught the assailant returned to his location and killed himself on with his woman and child.