Thailand massacre day-care

Coffins containing the victims were taken to Buddhist sites, which have been filled with toys, flowers and photographs of the smiling toddlers, ...

Coffins containing the victims were taken to the Buddhist sites, which had been filled with toys, flowers and photographs of the smiling toddlers, who were murdered as they slept in the gun and knife rampage by a former policeman. Coffins containing the victims were taken to Buddhist sites, which have been filled with toys, flowers and photographs of the smiling toddlers, who were murdered as they slept in the gun and knife rampage by a former policeman. Police have identified the perpetrator of the killing spree as Panya Kamrap, 34, a former police sergeant who was facing trial on a drugs charge. One of those was the youngest victim, two-year-old Pattarawat Jamnongnid, whose coffin was topped by a photograph of him in a pink American football shirt, along with a model dinosaur and a bottle of milk. At the Si Uthai temple, grieving relatives were joined by members of the devastated community to light candles and remember the dead. Hundreds of mourners have gathered at temples in Thailand to pray for the victims of the country's deadliest mass killing that left 36 people dead.

At least 24 of the 36 victims of Thursday's massacre at a day care center in Thailand were children, mostly preschoolers.

Tukta clung to a framed photo of Plai Fon drawing with a yellow marker and staring into the camera with wide, dark eyes. “I want to see my daughter, to see what she looked like,” she said. I just want to see her face.” He was taken to the hospital. On Thursday, Plai Fon went to the Young Children’s Development Center, where the walls are adorned with cheerful pictures of flowers and butterflies. “I want to get my daughter back to hold a ceremony as soon as I can,” she wailed, tears pouring from her red eyes. “Such a good girl.” Moving to a bigger city for better jobs has been impossible because of their need to care for their young children and aging parents. The couple and their children share a house with Tukta’s mother-in-law and bed-ridden father-in-law. She was tiny, with black hair and plump cheeks that pulled up into a radiant smile. At least 24 of the victims of Thursday’s gun and knife attack in northeast Thailand were children, mostly preschoolers. Tukta’s grief over the memory soon stole her breath away.

Relatives wailed and collapsed in grief before the small coffins of children Friday after a fired police officer stormed a rural Thai day care center at ...

The mother died from her wounds, and the boy and grandmother were being treated at hospitals, according to local media. She said one child who was covered by a blanket survived the attack, apparently because the assailant assumed he was dead. By the time she returned, the children were dead. "As of now, the police assume that he became stressed because he was afraid that his wife would leave him," National police chief Gen. Across the country, flags were lowered to half-staff and schoolchildren said prayers to honor the dead, while at the site of the attack, about 85 miles from Laos, a stream of people, including Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, left flowers. At least 24 of the dead were children, mostly preschoolers.