had been deliberately killed by a fellow parent. the children were taking a midday nap inside the nursery when the attacker turned up to collect his son, who wasn t there, and then opened fire. translation: it all. went down really fast. he was slashing the knife, he didn t use the gun, he kept slashing in there, it s all by knife. translation: he was in the middle of reloading the gun. i held my hands up and begged for mercy. i didn t know what to do. survivors were taken to the nearest hospital. but there weren t many. the authorities say the attacker was a former police officer who had been arrested and was being tried on drug charges. they removed the last of the victims from this day care centre a few hours ago and there is little left now to indicate the horrific events that took place here. there is a stunned disbelief not just in this village but across thailand that however
a man armed with a gun and a knife stormed into a childcare facility. our correspondentjonathan head reports from there. his report contains some distressing images. the community consumed by grief and shock that children so young could ve been deliberately killed by a fellow parent. the children were taking a nap inside the daycare centre when the attacker turned up to collect his son, who wasn t there, and then opened fire. translation: he used his feet to kick the window, then - he got at the door. i thought he d got inside. i ran to the kitchen behind. i was in shock. i didn t know what to do. survivors were taken to the nearest hospital, but there weren t many.