37 dead, mostly children, in gun rampage at Thailand daycare centre

A former policeman burst into a daycare centre in north-eastern Thailand, killing dozens of children and teachers and then firing on more people as he fled in the deadliest rampage in the nation’s history (Mungkorn Sriboonreung Rescue Group/AP)

A former policeman burst into a daycare centre in north-eastern Thailand on Thursday, killing dozens of children and teachers and then firing on more people as he fled in the deadliest rampage in the nation’s history.

The attacker, who authorities said had been sacked from the force earlier this year because of a drug offence, took his own life after killing his own wife and child at home.