Families endure grief’s ‘open wound’ a year after Thai nursery massacre

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The case has evoked a host of demons that haunt Thailand – drugs, abundant firearms and wealth inequalities. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Paweenuch "Ammy" Supolwong , who survived the nursery mass shooting, with her grandparents Yupin Srithong and Somsak Srithong, at their family home.

At Ms Yupin’s home, a shiny white camera stands out starkly on the old wooden ceiling. Her mother installed it after the attack, so she could keep watch from afar. “They feel safe and at peace,” said Ms Nanticha Punchom, the head of Uthai Sawan Child Development Centre, who was at the nursery when the attack happened.

Panya was known as a regular user of methamphetamine – the highly addictive stimulant that is a scourge throughout South-east Asia – and was sacked from the police for drug abuse.After the attack, financial aid flooded into the district, much of it directed to bereaved families, and psychological help was offered as people tried to rebuild their lives.

 

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