On Tuesday, the families of those killed in a deadly attack on a kindergarten in Thailand gathered on Tuesday to begin a cremation ceremony for 36 people, including children killed in the attack in the northeastern province of Nong Bua Lam Phu.
A street in Thailand still lives in shock from the massacre perpetrated by a 34-year-old former police officer who broke into a kindergarten on Thursday, fired his licensed 9mm pistol and used a knife in his attack. According to police, after carrying out the attack, which is considered one of the worst massacres in the history of the country, the gunman left the kindergarten and returned home, where he killed his wife and son, and then committed suicide.
Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn visited Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Friday to meet the victims’ families in a rare public exchange between the king and his subjects. At Wat Rat Samki in Na Klang, ceremonies began with the singing of hymns by the monks as the weary and mournful rural community prepared to bid farewell to the 19 victims.
“Something like this was bound to happen,” Thanakorn Nyungmacha, 39, said before the funeral began at the temple. The smell of incense wafted through the air as crowds gathered and locals comforted the affected families and prayed for the dead.
Earlier, the families of the victims performed a farewell prayer service in front of the manger to console the souls of their children. Some of them hugged photographs of their children and favorite toys, brought their favorite dishes and placed them in front of the building.
Bouquets of flowers were stacked around a small fence that surrounded a one-story building with a pink roof, where children had been playing merrily a few days ago. Most of the victims died as a result of stabbings or gunshots, and the families of the victims described the horrific injuries sustained by their sons. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-Ocha, who was involved, ordered an investigation into the incident, and police announced that they would question about 180 witnesses in the coming days. Banya was fired from the police due to his drug addiction, while several residents told AFP that he was known to be addicted to methamphetamine, knowing that initial tests showed no traces of drugs in samples taken from him. . body.
