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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Poppy McPherson and Jiraporn Kuhakan

Families traumatised by Thailand attack cling to slain children's toys

A woman prays at Wat Rat Samakee following a mass shooting in the town of Uthai Sawan, Nong Bua Lam Phu province, Thailand October 7, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Grief-stricken relatives sobbed and clutched toys at a children's daycare centre on Friday, a day after a former policeman killed 34 people, most of them young children, in a knife and gun rampage there that has horrified Thailand.

Government buildings flew flags at half mast to mourn victims - 23 of them children - of the carnage in Uthai Sawan, a town 500 km (310 miles) northeast of Bangkok, the capital of the largely Buddhist country.

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