Thailand mourns after 36 killed in attack on children’s nursery

The attack took place in Nongbua Lamphu province, one of the country’s poorest regions

Relatives grieve for victims killed in the attack on the Young Children’s Development Centre (Sakchai Lalit/AP)

Devastated families in north-eastern Thailand have been mourning the nursery school children and other victims killed by a sacked police officer in the nation’s deadliest shooting rampage.

At least 24 of the 36 people shot or stabbed to death in the small town of Uthai Sawan were children.