Burial ceremonies for the victims of the massacre at a day care center in northeast Thailand began on Saturday. The religious ceremonies were organized under the patronage of the Thai king, the Bangkok Post reported. The rites were performed in three temples in the Na Klang community.
According to the newspaper, these began on Saturday afternoon with the washing of the dead and should end on Tuesday with cremation. King Maha Vajiralongkorn, officially known as Rama X, and Queen Suthida traveled to the northeast province of Nong Bua Lamphu on Friday to visit the wounded in hospital.
A police officer fired from the service for drug offenses raided the daycare on Thursday and killed 23 children and several caregivers with a gun and a knife. He then killed his wife, his three-year-old son and finally himself at home. The act of mind-boggling violence that killed 36 people shook the Southeast Asian country.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who also traveled to the region about 500 kilometers north of the capital Bangkok on Friday, expressed concern that the tragedy could become traumatic for the community, he said. a government spokesman on Saturday, according to the Bangkok newspaper. Post. .
According to police, 23 small children, aged between two and four years old, were among the victims, most of whom were sleeping at the day care center at the time of the crime. Nearly a dozen other people were injured, some seriously. The 34-year-old’s motivation is still unclear. He was released from police service in June after finding drugs on him. A court hearing is said to have taken place shortly before the bloody act.
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The criminal’s body was cremated at a temple in Udon Thani province on Saturday, according to Thai media. The procedure was “smooth and quick” at an unnamed temple after Nong Bua Lamphu temples refused to accept his body, the Khaosod newspaper tweeted.