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Families grieve after Thailand day care massacre

By Associated Press and Matichol Newspaper

Oct. 7, 2022

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Volunteers carry a coffin containing the body of a victim in the Young Children’s Development Center attack from Wat Rat Samkee temple in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7. A former police officer burst into a day care center in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, killing dozens of preschoolers and teachers.
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Volunteers move a coffin containing the bodies of victims in the day care center attack inside Wat Rat Samkee temple in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7.
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Relatives of victims grieve after seeing the bodies inside Wat Rat Samkee temple in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7.
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Som-Mai Pitfai, 58, rests outside a temple where she saw the remains of her 3 year old niece who was killed in the attack on a nearby day care center inside Wat Rat Samkee temple in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, early Friday, Oct. 7.
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Som-Mai Pitfai, 58, rests outside a temple where she saw the remains of her 3 year old niece killed in the attack on a nearby day care center inside Wat Rat Samkee temple in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, early Friday, Oct. 7.
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A man overcome with grief is cared for after seeing the body of a relative inside Wat Rat Samkee temple in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, early Friday, Oct. 7.
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Oy Yodkhao, 51, is consoled by a relative after seeing the body of her 4 year old grandson and collapsing inside Wat Rat Samkee temple near the scene of the attack in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, early Friday, Oct. 7.
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Relatives of victims grieve after seeing the bodies inside Wat Rat Samkee temple in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7.
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A relative prays during a ceremony for those killed in the attack on the Young Children's Development Center in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7.
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Seksan Sriraj, 28, lays flowers during a ceremony for those killed in the attack on the Young Children's Development Center in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7. Seksan lost his pregnant wife who was a teacher at the day care center when it was attacked by a former policeman Thursday.
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Relatives mourn during a ceremony for those killed in the attack on the Young Children's Development Center in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7.
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A police officer lays flowers during a ceremony for those killed in the attack on the Young Children's Development Center in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7.
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A family of a victim mourns as they bring a blanket and a milk bottle during a ceremony for those killed in the attack on the Young Children's Development Center in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7.
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A relative mourns during a ceremony for those killed in the attack on the Young Children's Development Center in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7.
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A relative of a victim cries outside the Childcenter Uthai Sawan that was attacked by a lone assailant in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, early Friday, Oct. 7.
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Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn, left, and his wife Queen Suthida visit the Nongbua Lamphu hospital to meet with relatives of the victims of the day care center attack in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7.
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Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, right, talks to the families of the victims in the Thursday day care attack in Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7.
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Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha offers compensation to the families of the victims in the Thursday day care attack in Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7.
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Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures with a traditional "wai" after visiting the families of the victims in the Thursday day care attack in Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7.
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Flowers left by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and his Cabinet stand along a gate for the victims in the Thursday day care attack in Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7.
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A day care center sits empty a day after it was attacked by a lone assailant in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, early Friday, Oct. 7.

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