{"id":1295,"date":"2022-10-07T09:30:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T09:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2022-10-07T09:30:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T09:30:56","slug":"little-kids-who-were-still-sleeping-thailand-mourns-victims-of-mass-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/brusselsindependent\/little-kids-who-were-still-sleeping-thailand-mourns-victims-of-mass-killing\/2022\/10\/07\/hasan\/","title":{"rendered":"Little kids who were still sleeping&#8217; &#8211; Thailand mourns victims of mass killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">NA KLANG, Thailand, Oct 7 (Reuters) &#8211; Pink and white coffins adorned with gold and bearing the bodies of the 22 children killed in a <a class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/least-20-people-killed-mass-shooting-thailand-police-2022-10-06\/\" data-testid=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gun and knife rampage in Thailand<\/a>\u00a0were loaded onto a truck late on Thursday and driven away in the darkness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">Thailand&#8217;s deputy prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, clasped his hands together and bowed his head as the truck, followed by ambulances carrying the bodies of further victims, pulled away in the small town of Na Klang in northeastern Thailand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">&#8220;All Thai people, and all people around the world who know about this &#8230; will feel so depressed and saddened,&#8221; Anutin said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">The children were killed on Thursday by a former policemen, who witnesses said burst into a daycare centre and started shooting and slashing those inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV\" data-testid=\"paragraph-4\">Altogether, 36 people were killed by Panya Khamrapm, who police said was discharged from duty last year for drugs use and had attended a court hearing on a narcotics charge just moments before the attack.<\/p>\n<p 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of a victim at Udon Thani hospital in Udon Thani province, following a mass shooting in the town of Uthai Sawan, around 500 km northeast of Bangkok in the province of Nong Bua Lam Phu, Thailand October 7, 2022. REUTERS\/Athit Perawongmetha<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"button__button__2Ecqi button__ghost__1gV9w button__round__1nYLA text-button__container__3q3zX caption__readmore__V8B-O caption__clamped__1xH__ caption__collapsed__XIFyB\" type=\"button\" data-testid=\"Button\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV\" data-testid=\"paragraph-6\">Rescue workers had earlier brought the bodies of the victims to a local police station and placed them into the coffins as medical staff stood by solemnly and relatives of the dead gathered, some wiping away tears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV\" data-testid=\"paragraph-7\">&#8220;Nobody wants this to happen. It&#8217;s a scene that nobody wants to see. It&#8217;s harrowing,&#8221; said Piyalak Kingkaew, who led the rescue team that was the first to arrive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV\" data-testid=\"paragraph-8\">His team shared images with Reuters of the scene of the massacre at the daycare centre, which showed tiny bodies laid out on blankets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV\" data-testid=\"paragraph-9\">The body of one boy dressed in a Manchester United Shirt was seen on a Winnie the Pooh bed cover in a room with walls decorated with cartoon animals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV\" data-testid=\"paragraph-10\">&#8220;We are used to seeing a large number of bodies, we&#8217;ve been through it before, but this incident is the most harrowing of all,&#8221; Piyalak added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV\" data-testid=\"paragraph-11\">&#8220;They were little kids who were still sleeping.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NA KLANG, Thailand, Oct 7 (Reuters) &#8211; Pink and white coffins adorned with gold and bearing the bodies of the 22 children killed in a gun and knife rampage in Thailand\u00a0were loaded onto a truck late on Thursday and driven away in the darkness. 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