A distraught woman is comforted outside the site of an attack at a daycare center. Pic/PTI

The gunman, who was identified as a 34-year-old former policeman, shot himself after the attack. Pic/PTI

An ambulance is loaded at the site of an attack at a daycare centre. Pic/PTI

Officials outside a nursery in the northern Thai province of Nong Bua Lam Phu. Pic/AFP

National Police Chief, Damrongsak Kittiprapat (2R), speaking with a police operation team in the northern Thai province of Nong Bua Lam Phu following the attack. Pic/AFP