Mass shooting kills 34 at Thailand daycare center
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The perpetrator had attended a court hearing on a drugs charge prior to opening fire at a day-care centre, police said on Thursday.
About 30 children were at the center when the gunman arrived, fewer than usual, as heavy rain had kept many people away, district official Jidapa Boonsom, who was working in a nearby office at the time, told Reuters.
"The shooter came in around lunch time and shot four or five officials at the childcare center first," said Jidapa, adding that among them was a teacher who was eight months pregnant.
The gunman then forced his way into a locked room where children were sleeping, Jidapa said, to kill children there with a knife.
