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Rebecca Ratcliffe and Navaon Siradapuvadol in Uthai Sawan

Thailand nursery attack: offerings amid heartbreak as funerals of victims begin

A relative of a victim of the mass killing at a Thai nursery places offerings at wat Rak Samakee before funeral rites take place on Saturday
A relative of a victim of the mass killing at a nursery in Uthai Sawan, Thailand, places offerings at wat Rak Samakee before funerals began. Photograph: Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images

Toy trucks, baby bottles and flowers have been left beside the coffins of victims of the mass killing at a nursery school in north-eastern Thailand, as funeral ceremonies began.

Inside wat Rat Samakee, a temple in Uthai Sawan where most of the child victims were taken, families sat beside their loved ones’ remains. A mother held on to her son’s red blanket as she stared ahead. Another woman hugged her loved one’s photo tightly.

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