In pics | Tears and flowers: Families mourn Thai nursery massacre victims
Worst child death toll in history
Police identified the murderer as Panya Khamrapm, one of the former members who was suspended on the grounds of drug allegations and is currently on trial for the same. The attack also included the killer killing his own family.
In Uthai Sawan, most of the children were stabbed to death, marking one of the worst child death tolls in a massacre by a single murderer in the country's history. The age range of children is between two and five years old.
Children were sleeping
When Panya came, there were at least 30 kids in the pink one-story building.
It was claimed that when the attacker came in, he attacked children when they were sleeping.
A line of heartbroken parents
As the blazing sun beat down on their Friday morning, a line of grieving parents placed white roses on the nursery's steps.
Among those killed at the nursery when the attacker ploughed through the door were Buarai's two three-year-old grandsons. She said, "I couldn't sleep. I didn't think that it would be my two grandsons," Reuters reported.
Thai PM and King to Visit
The Prime Minister, Prayut Chan O-Cha, and Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn will pay a visit to the survivors of the incident.
Thai PM Prayut has demanded a swift investigation into the mass killing.
Examples from around the world
This is the worst child massacre in Thailand to date. This incident has shaken the country to its core.
Earlier, similar instances in the world have happened. In this year alone, in Texas, 19 were killed; in 2011 in Norway, a man named Andres Breivik killed 59 people in a summer camp; 20 were killed in Newtown; 16 in Scotland in 1996.
Thai PM visists victims
Thailand's PM Prayut Chan-O-Cha spekas to the family of the victims and expressed his condolence.
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