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Shooting in Nong Bua Lamphu: The New York Times

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A family mourns the victims of ...phu, Thailand, October 8, 2022.

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A family mourns the victims of the mass shooting at Wat Rat Samakee, a temple in Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, October 8, 2022.

The foot of one of the children...ani, Thailand, October 7, 2022.

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The foot of one of the children wounded in the mass shooting is seen with a monitor attached, at a hospital in Udon Thani, Thailand, October 7, 2022.

Volunteer rescue workers unload...ani, Thailand, October 7, 2022.

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Volunteer rescue workers unload a coffin for victims of the mass shooting at a hospital morgue in Udon Thani, Thailand, October 7, 2022.

Mourners pray at the gates of t...phu, Thailand, October 7, 2022.

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Mourners pray at the gates of the day care center, where the mass shooting took place primarily, at the Uthai Sawan subdistrict office on Friday in Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, October 7, 2022.

A portrait of one of the child ...phu, Thailand, October 8, 2022.

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A portrait of one of the child victims is seen on top of a refrigerated coffin at Wat Si Uthai in Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, October 8, 2022.

Mourners young and old, police,...phu, Thailand, October 7, 2022.

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Mourners young and old, police, and volunteers move around Wat Rat Samakee, at sunset, in Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, October 7, 2022.

Malisa Yodkhao, who is eight mo...ng a baby brother to play with.

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Malisa Yodkhao, who is eight months pregnant, sits for a portrait holding a toy truck that her son Daen, a victim of the mass shooting, used to play with, at Wat Rat Samakee, a temple in Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, October 7, 2022. She recalled that Daen had expressed his excitement at having a baby brother to play with.

Malisa Yodkhao, who is eight mo...ng a baby brother to play with.

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Malisa Yodkhao, who is eight months pregnant, sits for a portrait holding a toy truck that her son Daen, a victim of the mass shooting, used to play with, at Wat Rat Samakee, a temple in Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, October 7, 2022. She recalled that Daen had expressed his excitement at having a baby brother to play with.

A young girl participates in a ...ondition of many of the bodies.

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A young girl participates in a purification ceremony for the victims of the mass shooting, Wat Rat Samakee, a temple in Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, October 8, 2022. The golden strip of cloth connects each of the coffins to the bowl of water which mourners add to with a small cup. This in place of the traditional open casket ceremony which was scrapped due to the condition of many of the bodies.

A mourner who collapsed is assi...phu, Thailand, October 7, 2022.

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A mourner who collapsed is assisted by volunteer health workers at Wat Rat Samakee, a temple in Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, October 7, 2022.

The helicopter with the departi...phu, Thailand, October 8, 2022.

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The helicopter with the departing deputy police commissioner passes over the child care center where the mass shooting took place primarily, in Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, October 8, 2022.

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Shooting in Nong Bua Lamphu: The New York Times

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Updated Jan 2023

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On October 6, 2022, ex-police officer Panya Khamrab, 34, went on a killing spree armed with a knife, pistol, and shotgun, that eventually left 36 people dead, and more wounded, most of them young children from a nursery in Thailand's Nong Bua Lamphu province. The perpetrator went on to murder his own wife and child before finally taking his own life. The days that followed were filled with unimaginable grief and shock, as family and friends struggled to make sense of what had happened, while coordination of mass funeral rites took place. Many of the bodies were too mangled to be open casket, which is customary in Thailand, and families were robbed of the chance to participate in traditional bathing of the hand's of the deceased, symbolic of purification.

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