Published
Massacre in Thailand“They’re just kids”
Still in shock, residents of northeastern Na Klangtit province are preparing to say goodbye to the victims of the child rearing massacre.
The country was deeply shocked by this tragedy.
AFP
The families of the victims gathered at a temple in the north of the country on Tuesday. The bodies of the victims a Massacre in a stable last week – 24 children and 12 adults – to be cremated in a rare mass ceremony. Monks began rituals at Wat Raet Samaki early in the morning as an exhausted and grieving rural community prepared to bid a final farewell to the 19 victims of one of the worst mass killings in the kingdom’s history.
Other victims, who were attacked by a former policeman who killed his wife and child before committing suicide, will be cremated at other small temples in the area. Thailand was deeply shocked by the tragedy, with flags lowered across the country, officials and King Vajiralongkorn the Great He personally visited the families.
“An incident like this shouldn’t have happened. They were just children,” he added, before attending the funeral, Thanakorn Nuyangmatsa, 39. Around him, the scent of incense and hundreds of bouquets wafted into the air as volunteers continued to prepare the area nearby for cremations. By the royal family The sponsored funeral will conclude three days of funerals that began on Saturday.
Tuesday’s mass was highly unusual – bodies are usually cremated alone – but small local temples in the area were overwhelmed by the number of victims.
Traditional funeral
Local media reported that makeshift ovens have also been set up in other nearby temples. On Monday, volunteers, soldiers and officials mixed cement and spread gravel to prepare the grounds inside the temple complex for outdoor cremations. Memon Meiyuan, grandmother of one of the victims, said they were trying to build pyres in the northeastern Thai style. “We do it the traditional way,” he explained.
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha ordered the inquiry, and police said they would question 180 witnesses. The attacker, ex-sergeant Banya Krumrap, was dismissed from the force this year on drug-trafficking charges. However, preliminary tests revealed no drugs in his system at the time of the attack.
(AFP)