Fired police sergeant attacks Thai day care center, kills 36

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UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — A former police officer facing a drug charge burst into a day care center Thursday in Thailand, killing dozens of preschoolers and teachers and then shooting more people as he fled. At least 36 people were slain in the deadliest rampage in the nation’s history.

https://apnews.com/article/shootings-thailand-84efe7ba76707f4b3d47ee8394c4f24f?

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Thais mourn dozens, mainly kids, killed in day care attack

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — Relatives wailed and collapsed in grief before the small coffins of children Friday after a fired police officer stormed a rural Thai day care center at naptime and massacred 36 people.

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Mourners pray at Thai temple filled by children’s keepsakes

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — Grief-stricken families prayed Saturday at a Buddhist temple filled with children’s keepsakes, flowers and photos of the smiling toddlers who were slain as they napped on blankets at a day care center in northeastern Thailand.

https://apnews.com/article/religion-thailand-1797e563990e38ecb276cd8040e4b686?

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‘I love you, mommy’: 4-year-old Thai day care victim mourned

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — The little girl’s nickname was Plai Fon. In Thai, it means “the end of the rainy season” — a time of happiness.

https://apnews.com/article/thailand-climate-and-environment-b877b2e79ed2f105d2b3b3c4514c232e

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Families leave offerings for children slain at Thai day care

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — Families offered flowers and dolls, popcorn and juice boxes to children massacred at a day care center in Thailand, part of a Buddhist ceremony held Sunday just paces from where the slaughter began that was meant to guide the young souls back to their bodies.

https://apnews.com/article/religion-prayer-thailand-951bbb22fa0bd06adaea9d85867ed4f0?