Relatives attend ceremony at Thai child care centre

Family members gathered on Sunday outside a day care centre as a ceremony was held for the victims of Thailand’s mass killing. Grieving relatives were handed over the belongings of the students slain at the day care center.

Gathered in front of a makeshift memorial in front of the building, they were given the bagged belongings as a Buddhist monk said prayers and members of a trauma team stood by to aid if necessary. The mourning ceremony will continue for three days before the funerals and a cremation of the bodies according to Buddhist tradition. 

On Friday, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida visited two hospitals where seven of the ten people wounded from the country's deadliest mass killing are being treated. The monarch met with family members of the victims in what the king said was a bid to boost morale. Two dozen children were among the 36 people shot and slashed to death in an attack that shattered the serenity of the rural township of Uthai Sawan.