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UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand--Grieving families gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple to pray and make offerings to the spirits of their deceased toddlers who were killed amid a rampage by a former police officer who shot and slashed them with knives at their day care in northeastern Thailand last week.

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — The little girl’s nickname was Plai Fon. In Thai, it means “the end of the rainy season” — a time of happiness. And then in one horrible burst of violence, the happiness that the chubby-cheeked 4-year-old had symbolized for her adoring family was shattered. In its place is an unfathomable agony over what happened to Plai Fon in a massacre that began at her Thai day care center and left 36 people, plus the killer, dead.

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UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand -- In one burst of violence, the happiness that a chubby-cheeked 4-year-old girl symbolized for her adoring family was shattered.

At least 24 of the 36 victims of Thursday’s massacre at a day care center in Thailand were children, mostly preschoolers. One day after their short lives were...

As a vicious gunman murdered 24 children at a day care in Thailand, one 3-year-old girl slept through the entire massacre.

Ceremonies were held Sunday at three temples, where the 36 victims — mostly preschoolers — were taken ahead of funeral rites and cremation on Tuesday

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — Grieving families gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple to pray and make offerings to the spirits of their deceased toddlers who were killed in a brutal rampage by a former police officer at their day care in northeastern Thailand last week.

“I love you, son. If you had any problems, why didn’t you talk to me? Don’t do this again. I’ve made merit for you. Go to heaven, my son.” the gunman's mother said.

At least 24 of the 36 victims of Thursdays massacre at a day care center in Thailand were children, mostly preschoolers