But, you know.įADEL: They'll never meet their grandchild. PHAHOLTAP: And the family was ready to see their grandson, grandchildren. So.įADEL: She had - she was 8 months pregnant? PHAHOLTAP: A daughter who got pregnant, 8 months old. After they lost, like, their loved ones because. I interviewed at least 10 families, but one family was in shock. I mean, the pictures from the funeral ceremonies, especially for the children, have just been so heartbreaking to look at, to see. HATHAIRAT PHAHOLTAP: Thank you, Leila, to have me.įADEL: I just want to start by asking how you're doing, how the community is doing. She's the editor of The Isaan Record, a news organization in northeastern Thailand. To hear more about how people are coming to grips with what happened, we're joined by Hathairat Phaholtap. Families brought offerings to place near the coffins of their loved ones - baby bottles, juice boxes, toy cars, sticky rice. There were so many funerals they had to be shared among three temples. On Thursday, a former police officer used a gun and a knife to kill 36 people, 24 of them small children, at a day care center in the rural township of Uthai Sawan. Over the weekend in rural northeastern Thailand, families said goodbye to their loved ones killed in the deadliest mass killing carried out by a single person.
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