Thai gunman kills family and self after killing over 30 including 23 children at day-care

Victims included both children and adults at a nursery in north-east Thailand. - SCREENGRAB FROM TWITTER

BANGKOK (AFP): A former police officer armed with a gun and a knife stormed a nursery in northeast Thailand on Thursday, shooting dead at least 30 people including children before killing himself and his family, police said.

The attacker, armed with a shotgun, a pistol and a knife, opened fire on the childcare centre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province at about 12:30pm (0530 GMT) before fleeing the scene in a vehicle, the force said.