On Thai Buddhist holy day, gunman's carnage shatters temple peace

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Thai nun Amornrat Putta-ariyawong was washing dishes in preparation to host Budd...

WAT PA SATTHARUAM, Thailand - Thai nun Amornrat Putta-ariyawong was washing dishes in preparation to host Buddhist devotees on a holy day when a military Humvee pulled up just inside the temple gates and the driver started shooting into the road.

Instead, a Thai soldier fleeing his military base after killing a guard and his commanding officer was gunning people down in the early stages of an 18-hour shooting spree in which he would kill 29 people.The soldier, identified as Jakrapanth Thomma, was finally shot dead early Sunday in the basement of the Terminal 21 shopping mall in the northeastern city of Nakhon Ratchasima.

Saturday was Makha Bucha day in Thailand, a holiday in the Theravada Buddhist tradition that honors the Buddha ordaining some of his first followers. Temples typically host candlelight ceremonies, but this year the carnage overshadowed the event. He began firing at police vehicles in a standoff that lasted about 30 minutes. At some point, however, the gunman also began targeting passers-by.Luang Phi Kla vividly remembers watching the soldier gun down a student on a motorbike.

 

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Sad. Not religious myself. But Buddhists are about the only holy order worthy of acknowledgment.

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