Cremations readied for Thai day care massacre victims
2 years, 2 months ago

Cremations readied for Thai day care massacre victims

Associated Press  

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand — Makeshift furnaces made of clay bricks were built Monday on the grounds of Buddhist temples in a small town in northeastern Thailand on the eve of the cremation of the young victims of last week’s massacre at a day care center by a former policeman. Last Thursday’s brutal gun and and knife attack on the Young Children’s Development Center in Uthai Sawan left 36 people dead, including 24 young children. Phra Kru Adisal Kijjanuwat, abbot of the Rat Samakee temple, around 3 kilometers from the scene of the bloodshed, said 19 victims will be cremated in a group ceremony on Tuesday, bringing an end to a three-day mourning ceremony for the families. Panya was cremated Saturday in a neighboring province after temples in Uthai Sawan refused to host his funeral, Thai media reported.

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Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor
7 months, 1 week ago

Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Reports that soldiers of Myanmar’s military government last week carried out a massacre of more than 30 civilians in a village in central Myanmar were supported Monday in interviews with a local administrator and a man who says he survived the killings. Thirty-three people, including three 17-year-old boys, two older people and three carpenters from a nearby village, …

A funeral is held for 20 Cambodian soldiers killed in an arms depot explosion at an army base
7 months, 3 weeks ago

A funeral is held for 20 Cambodian soldiers killed in an arms depot explosion at an army base

Associated Press  

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Reports: Myanmar soldiers kill and burn bodies of 19 villagers, including 4 children
1 year, 7 months ago

Reports: Myanmar soldiers kill and burn bodies of 19 villagers, including 4 children

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Soldiers from Myanmar’s military government raided a village in the country’s central region, killing 19 villagers including four children and burning their bodies, independent media and a resident said Friday. Reports of the killings, along with what were said to be photos and videos of the remains of the victims, also appeared in independent Myanmar media and social …

Dangri attack | Tearful adieu to six killed in twin terror incidents in J&’s Rajouri
1 year, 11 months ago

Dangri attack | Tearful adieu to six killed in twin terror incidents in J&’s Rajouri

The Hindu  

The mortal remains of six people including two minor cousins who were killed in twin terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district were given a tearful and emotional farewell as they were cremated at their native place on Tuesday. The bodies of four-year-old Vihan Sharma, 16-year-old Samiksha Sharma, Satish Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Pritam Lal and Shishu Pal were cremated …

Families bid farewell as Thai massacre victims are cremated
2 years, 2 months ago

Families bid farewell as Thai massacre victims are cremated

Associated Press  

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand — Hundreds of mourners and victims’ families gathered Tuesday evening to watch flames burn from rows of makeshift pyres at cremation ceremonies for the young children and others who died in last week’s mass killings at a day care center in Thailand’s rural northeast. Families bid their final goodbyes at a Buddhist temple a short distance from …

Thailand day care massacre victims prepared for funeral rites
2 years, 2 months ago

Thailand day care massacre victims prepared for funeral rites

The Hindu  

Families of victims in last week's massacre at a day care centre gathered on October 11 at Buddhist temples in rural northeastern Thailand for the start of a shared cremation ceremony that marks an end to three days of funeral rites. “We provided those uniforms for them.” Mourners also placed children's toys, candles, and incense sticks in front of portraits …

Families leave offerings for children slain at Thai day care
2 years, 2 months ago

Families leave offerings for children slain at Thai day care

Associated Press  

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand — Families offered flowers and dolls, popcorn and juice boxes to children massacred at a day care center in Thailand, part of a Buddhist ceremony held Sunday just paces from where the slaughter began that was meant to guide the young souls back to their bodies. “Come back home” and “come back with us,” the relatives called …

Grieving families mourn through the night in temples after children massacred at Thailand nursery
2 years, 2 months ago

Grieving families mourn through the night in temples after children massacred at Thailand nursery

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Relatives of the children, aged two to five, were …

Thai town struggles with sudden loss of so many of its young
2 years, 2 months ago

Thai town struggles with sudden loss of so many of its young

Associated Press  

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand — Paweenuch Supholwong sits on her mother’s lap and fidgets with her pigtails as her mother tells the remarkable story of how the 3-year-old wisp of a girl survived Thailand’s worst mass killing — the only child to emerge unscathed from a day care after a former police officer massacred preschoolers while they napped. “This is something …

Mourners pray at Thai temple filled by children’s keepsakes
2 years, 2 months ago

Mourners pray at Thai temple filled by children’s keepsakes

Associated Press  

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand — Grief-stricken families prayed Saturday at a Buddhist temple filled with children’s keepsakes, flowers and photos of the smiling toddlers who were slain as they napped on blankets at a day care center in northeastern Thailand. Coffins containing the 36 killed, 24 of them children and most of them preschoolers, were released Friday and placed inside Wat …

Thailand King to visit survivors of nursery attack that killed 37 people, including 23 children
2 years, 2 months ago

Thailand King to visit survivors of nursery attack that killed 37 people, including 23 children

The Hindu  

October 07, 2022 09:05 am | Updated 09:05 am IST - Na Klang, Thailand Weeping, grief-stricken families gathered on October 7 outside a Thai nursery where an ex-policeman murdered nearly two dozen children in one of the kingdom’s worst mass killings. Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha will later visit survivors of the attack that left at …

'Little kids who were still sleeping': Thailand mourns deaths during mass killing
2 years, 2 months ago

'Little kids who were still sleeping': Thailand mourns deaths during mass killing

India Today  

Pink and white coffins adorned with gold and bearing the bodies of the 22 children killed in a gun and knife rampage in Thailand were loaded onto a truck late on Thursday and driven away in the darkness. Thailand's deputy prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, clasped his hands together and bowed his head as the truck, followed by ambulances carrying the …

Fired police sergeant attacks Thai day care center, kills 36
2 years, 2 months ago

Fired police sergeant attacks Thai day care center, kills 36

Associated Press  

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand — A former police officer facing a drug charge burst into a day care center Thursday in Thailand, killing dozens of preschoolers and teachers and then shooting more people as he fled. “The children were two or three years old.” Another witness said staff at the day care center had locked the door, but the gunman shot …

Nursery children among 38 killed in Thailand’s worst ever massacre
2 years, 2 months ago

Nursery children among 38 killed in Thailand’s worst ever massacre

The Independent  

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Thailand ex-cop kills 24 children, 13 others in mass shooting at daycare centre
2 years, 2 months ago

Thailand ex-cop kills 24 children, 13 others in mass shooting at daycare centre

The Hindu  

A former policeman killed 37 people including 24 children in a gun rampage at a daycare centre in Thailand on Thursday, later shooting dead his wife and child at their home before turning his weapon on himself, police officials said. District police official Chakkraphat Wichitvaidya cited witnesses as saying the gunman was Paisal Luesomboon, a police spokesperson, also told ThaiPBS …

Thailand shooting: Over 20 kids killed. What we know about the gunman
2 years, 2 months ago

Thailand shooting: Over 20 kids killed. What we know about the gunman

Hindustan Times  

At least 34 people including 23 children were killed on Thursday in a mass shooting at a child day-care centre in Thailand, police said. Thailand Daycare Centre Shooting: Former policeman Panya Khamrab, who is believed to have killed at least 30 people in a nursery in the northern Thai province of Nong Bua Lam Phu. After initial efforts to apprehend …

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