Thai massacre victims cremated

family members of the Thai massacre victims watched from a distance as the Abbot of rat samaki Temple lit funeral pyres on Tuesday one by one Atop The caskets were pictures of those killed some accompanied by stuffed toys Our intention is to send the children and their teacher off to heaven the teacher will take the lead and the 18 children will follow her steps to Heaven according to our beliefs and the desires of their parents and everyone here to send them off Empire the ceremonial cremation laid to rest 18 children between the ages of two and

five as well as their teacher while not the usual practice the outdoor pyres were built to accommodate the large number of victims they were newly built from bricks a group effort from volunteers 36 people were killed in last Thursday's attack including 22 children the three-hour Massacre marked the worst in Thailand's recent history the attacker a former Bangkok police Sergeant ended the Spree at home by turning the weapon on himself after killing his partner and child