In Pictures: Parents grieve for children killed in Thai nursery massacre

Former policeman Panya Khamrab killed at least 38 people in one of Thailand's worst ever mass killing.

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Oct 07, 2022, 04:24 PM

Mr Sittipong Taothawong (L) comforts his wife Kanjana Buakumchan as she holds their child's milk bottle and blanket while standing outside the nursery in Na Klang in Thailand's north-east Nong Bua Lamphu province on Oct 7, 2022, the day after a former police officer killed at least 38 people in a mass shooting at the site. Weeping, grief-stricken families gathered outside the nursery where the ex-policeman murdered nearly two dozen children in one of the kingdom's worst mass killings. PHOTO: AFP

Relatives of the deceased join in laying flowers in mourning at a crime scene after a mass shooting by a former policeman at a childcare centre in Nong Bua Lamphu province, north-east Thailand, Oct 7, 2022. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A woman cries after laying white roses on the steps of the nursery, where a former police officer killed at least 38 people in a mass shooting in Na Klang, in Thailand's north-east Nong Bua Lamphu province on Oct 7, 2022. PHOTO: AFP

A Thai officer lays a wreath of flowers from the royal family to mourn for the deceased, at a crime scene after a mass shooting by a former policeman at a children care center in Nong Bua Lamphu province, northeastern Thailand, Oct 7, 2022. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A flag is seen at half mast as Thai officers lay flowers in mourning at a crime scene after a mass shooting by a former policeman at a children care center in Nong Bua Lamphu province, northeastern Thailand, Oct 7, 2022. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

The main door of the day care center photographed the day after a mass shooting in the town of Uthai Sawan in the province of Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, Oct 7, 2022. PHOTO: HANDOUT VIA REUTERS

View inside a room at the day care center the day after a mass shooting in the town of Uthai Sawan in the province of Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, Oct 7, 2022. PHOTO: HANDOUT VIA REUTERS

A survivor of the mass shooting at a nursery is transported through a hospital in Thailand's northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022. PHOTO: AFP

Rescue workers arrange coffins containing the body of victims at Song Serm Tham Foundation after a transfer from Udon Thani hospital in Udon Thani province, following a mass shooting in the town of Uthai Sawan, around 500 km northeast of Bangkok in the province of Nong Bua Lam Phu, Thailand, Oct 7, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS

Rescue personnel carry a victim’s coffin at the hospital morgue in Udon Thani on Oct 6, 2022, following a mass shooting at a nursery by a former policeman. PHOTO: AFP

A handout photo made available by Ruamkatanyu Foundation shows an armed police officer standing guard as relatives of the victims of a mass shooting gather at a childcare center in Nong Bua Lamphu province, northeastern Thailand, Oct 6, 2022. PHOTO: HANDOUT VIA EPA-EFE

A handout picture taken and released by the Royal Thai Police on Oct 6, 2022, shows National Police Chief, Damrongsak Kittiprapat (2R), speaking with a police operation team in the northern Thai province of Nong Bua Lam Phu following an attack on a nursery. PHOTO: HANDOUT VIA AFP

People gather outside a daycare center, the scene of a mass shooting in the town of Uthai Sawan, 500 km (310 miles) northeast of Bangkok in the province of Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, Oct 6, 2022. PHOTO: HANDOUT VIA REUTERS

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