At least 34 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a children’s daycare centre in Thailand.
The victims included 22 children – some as young as two years old – as well as adults, authorities said, adding that the gunman was an ex-police officer and a manhunt was under way.
However, officials later said the gunman had killed himself.
The shooting took place in the town of Uthai Sawan in the northeastern province of Nong Bua Lamphu.
At least a dozen other people were injured in the attack, officials said.
The gunman was said to have been armed with guns and knives, according to the Bangkok Post, and opened fire at the centre after forcing his way in at around lunchtime.
Wielding a knife, he then forced his way into a locked room where children were sleeping, district official Jidapa Boonsom said, to continue his attack.
