In Photos: Distraught parents mourn the children who died after a gunman opened fire at a nursery in Thailand

Sittipong Taothawong comforts his wife Kanjana Buakumchan as she holds their child's milk bottle and blanket while standing outside the nursery in Thailand's northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022.Photo: AFP


A woman prays while offering a white rose on the steps of the nursery where a former police officer killed at least 37 people in a mass shooting in Thailand's northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022. Photos: AFP

A woman prays while offering a white rose on the steps of the nursery where a former police officer killed at least 37 people in a mass shooting in Thailand's northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022. Photo: AFP

Women prepare to place a white rose on the steps of a nursery in Thailand's north-eastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022, a day after at least 36 people were killed there in a mass shooting. Photo: AFP


The mother of a victim cries outside a nursery in Thailand's north-eastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022, a day after at least 36 people were killed there in a mass shooting. Photos: AFP

The mother of a victim cries outside a nursery in Thailand's north-eastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022, a day after at least 36 people were killed there in a mass shooting. Photo: AFP

Relatives gather outside a nursery in Thailand's north-eastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022, a day after at least 36 people were killed there in a mass shooting. Photo: AFP

The relative of a victim is comforted outside the nursery where a former police officer killed at least 37 people in a mass shooting in Thailand's northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022.

Bouquets of flowers are placed against a gate leading to the nursery where a mass shooting by a former police officer took place in Thailand's northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022.

A flag is seen at half mast as Thai officers lay flowers in mourning after a mass shooting by a former policeman at a nursery in Thailand's northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE

A royal wreath is displayed at the front of the nursery where a former police officer killed at least 37 people in a mass shooting in Thailand's northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu 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 nursery in Nong Bua Lamphu province, northeastern Thailand, Oct 7, 2022. Photo: AFP

Thailand's prime minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha arrives to meet relatives gathered outside the nursery where a former police officer killed at least 37 people in a mass shooting in Thailand's northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022. Photo: AFP

Thailand's prime minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha holds a bouquet of flowers as he stands outside the nursery where a mass shooting by a former police officer took place in Thailand's northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022. Photo: AFP

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha comforts families and relatives of victims gathered near a nursery in north-eastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022, a day after at least 36 people were killed there in a mass shooting. Photo: AFP

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha gives a cheque to families of victims gathered outside a nursery in north-eastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022, a day after at least 36 people were killed there in a mass shooting. Photo: AFP

Women hold white roses to place on the steps of the nursery where a former police officer killed at least 37 people in a mass shooting in Thailand's northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022. Photo: AFP

Bouquets of flowers are placed outside a nursery in Thailand's north-eastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022, a day after a former policeman murdered two dozen children there in one of the kingdom's worst mass killings. 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 on Oct 7, 2022. Photo: Reuters

Portraits of young victims of a mass shooting at a nursery in Thailand's north-eastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province are displayed atop their coffins as funeral preparations get under way at Wat Si Uthai temple on Oct 7, 2022. Photo: AFP

Officials prepare a red carpet at a nursery in Thailand’s north-eastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022, ahead of the arrival of King Maha Vajiralongkorn. The Thai king will visit survivors of a gun and knife attack at the nursery that left at least 36 people dead, most of them young children. Photo: AFP

Workers set up a portrait of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida at a hospital in Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 7, 2022, ahead of their visit. Photo: AFP

People wait on Oct 7, 2022, ahead of the arrival of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn at a hospital where injured survivors were taken after a mass shooting at a nursery in north-eastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province. Photo: AFP
