Dozens of children killed in mass shooting at Thailand daycare
THE 30,000 RANGE AND DEVELOPING AT NOON THE DEATH TOLL IS CLIMBING AFTER A MASS SHOOTING AT A CHILD CARE CENTER IN THAILAND. >> 38 PEOPLE ARE DEAD INCLUDING TWO DOZEN CHILDREN. ALEXIS FRAZER IS IN THE NEWSROOM WITH DEVELOPMENTS. >> HEARTBREAKING. THE SUSPECT OPENED FIRE WHILE THE KIDS WERE SLEEPING AND THE YOUNGEST VICTIM ONLY 2 YEARS OLD. ?SHS NEARLY 40 PEOPLE WERE KILLED INCLUDING 23 CHILDREN AT A SHOOTING IN A NURSERY IN NORTHEASTERN THAILAND TODAY. THE SHOOTER IDENTIFIED AS A 34 YEAR OLD FORMER COP APPEARED IN COURT ON DRUG CHARGES IN THE HOURS BEFORE THE ATTACK
AT THE NURSERY. THE LOCAL POLICE CHIEF SAID THE SHOOTER WENT TO LOOK FOR HIS 2┘YEAR┘OLD SON BUT THE BOY WAS NOT THERE AND HE STARTED SHOOTING AS WELL AS STABBING PEOPLE AT THE NURSERY. THE ATTACKER THEN MANAGED TO GET IN A ROOM WHERE 24 KIDS WERE SLEEPING TOGETHER. ALL BUT 1 OF THE KIDS DIED IN THAT ROOM. OFFICIALS SAY HE USED A KNIFE TO STAB BOTH CHILDREN AND STAFF AT THE CENTER. THE SUSPECT CARRIED OUT THE MASSACRE WITH SEVERAL KIND OF GUNS AND A LONG KNIFE. UNICEF TWEETING IT IS SADDENED AND SHOCKED BY THE TRAGIC
SHOOTING INCIDENT AND THAT NO CHILD SHOULD BE A TARGET OR WITNESS OF VIOLENCE ANYWHERE, ANY TIME. AND AFTER THE ATTACK ON THE NURSERY THE SUSPECT MADE HIS WAY HOME
