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Grief and shock in Thailand after mass killing of ‘tiny angels’

Bouquets of flowers and children's drinks are placed outside a nursery in Thailand on October 7 2022, the day after a mass killing by a former police officer in northeastern Nong Bua Lamphu province [AFP/Manan Vatsyayana]

Grief and anger have engulfed Thailand a day after the mass killing of children and adults at a preschool daycare centre by a former Thai police officer who went on a rampage of stabbing and shooting before he shot his wife, child, and himself.

The country reeled as details of Thursday’s grisly attack in a small town in one of the nation’s poorest regions emerged, and as the death toll mounted to eventually reach 37 dead with at least 24 children among the slain.

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