This is the three-year-old girl who survived the Thai nursery massacre by sleeping with a blanket over her head while her classmates were slaughtered.

Nong Am was in the nap room with other children when former policeman Panya Khamrab, 34, burst in firing a gun killing teachers and pupils on Thursday afternoon.

Miraculously, the youngster remained in a deep sleep with the blanket pulled up over her head. While the other youngsters panicked - and were slayed by the attacker - he appeared not to notice the sleeping girl and she emerged unscathed following the carnage.

Nong Am's uncle Wutthichai Baothong thanked the teachers at the school for helping to protect her. He said she was the only youngster in the classroom to survive the rampage.

He said: 'It is a miracle from God that saved my niece's life. Brothers and sisters, out of 30, she was the only one to survive.'

Nong Am spent yesterday being comforted by her relatives - seemingly unaware of the chaos that had unfolded earlier in the afternoon in Nong But Lamphu, northern Thailand.

Today, the Thai King and Queen will visit the government-run childcare centre to comfort grieving relatives who are still coming to terms with the worst massacre in the country's history.