Tragedy in Thailand: 24 children killed in day care massacre

Thirty-seven people have been killed after an ex-policeman went on a shooting and stabbing spree at a childcare centre in northern Thailand. It's the deadliest rampage in Thailand's history, and among the worst recent instances in the world of children being killed by a single person. A warning - details in this story may be distressing or confronting to listeners.

Rescue personnel count coffins carrying victims bodies at the hospital morgue in Udon Thani following a mass shooting Source: AAP / MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images

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