No student saw the incident as it happened outside the classroom, he said, adding that the perpetrator then went home and all the children have since been taken away. In a statement on Facebook, Chonburi Governor Naris Niramaiwong confirmed that all 44 children had been evacuated safely, along with three teachers and three other staff. He said that the police had surrounded the house where the criminal was located and were negotiating his surrender. The motive remains unclear. Naris ordered the closure of the kindergarten and said psychological support would be provided to children and staff who witnessed the incident. In 2022, a former police officer armed with a pistol and knife stormed a kindergarten in northern Thailand and killed 24 children and 12 adults in one of the country’s deadliest killings. – AFP Post navigation “Too weak reaction” to Russian strikes on Ukraine, Zelensky says after latest deadly attacks – Europe live ‘Completely dependent on Mother Nature’: UK drought raises concerns about water security