As five days of mourning began on Thursday ( October 3 ), weeping parents prayed and presented toys and flowers for the coffins of 20 children who had been killed in a Thai school bus accident.
In the Wat Khao Phraya Sangkharam school’s assembly house in the northeastern state of Uthai Thani, family members gathered to offer condolence and offer prayers for their loved ones.
The 23 graves, which were topped with photos of the lifeless and food, drink, and perhaps toys and dolls, were decorated with a large screen of white flowers to ease the departed souls.
One mother choked up tears to tell of her pain, but the majority of family were too traumatized to speak to reporters.
” Their papa left the kids at home with me and was scheduled to pick them up in the evening.” I lost both of my sons”, she told native journalist Amarin TV.
Nattawin Tongyoy, a columnist for Thairath TV place, lost a niece in the incident.
” I am a writer, I always think that this kind of information may happen to my cousin a day”, he told Thairath.
” They were kids, there was no way they could have escaped”.
The mind of Thailand’s Privy Council may lead the official funeral prayers, which will be conducted by Buddhist monks on Thursday night.
The prayers may continue until Tuesday’s planned large cremation.