At least 38 people, including 24 children, have been killed by a former policeman in a mass shooting at a children's nursery in northern Thailand.
The 34-year-old gunman, who was dismissed from duties for illicit drug use, then killed himself, his wife and his child while a large-scale manhunt was underway in Nong Bua Lamphu, some 333 miles north-north-east of Bangkok.
Panya Khamrab's motives were unclear but the fatalities included 24 children, as young as two years old, among 38 killed overall with 18 injured, a local police official said on Thursday.
