Thailand attack: children killed in mass stabbing and shooting at preschool

38 people, most young children, killed by former police officer at preschool centre in north-east of country

Thirty-eight people have been killed, most of them young children, in an unprecedented gun and knife attack at a preschool centre in north-east Thailand that has horrified the country.

The attacker, a former police officer, opened fire as children were sleeping at the centre in Na Klang district in Nong Bua Lamphu province at about noon on Thursday, police and witnesses said.