Relatives of Thai daycare massacre victims prepare for group cremation

Makeshift furnaces made of clay bricks are being built in the grounds of Buddhist temples in a town in north-eastern Thailand to cremate the bodies of the mostly young victims of last week’s massacre at a daycare centre by a former policeman (Sakchai Lalit/AP)

Makeshift furnaces made of clay bricks were being built in the grounds of Buddhist temples in a town in north-eastern Thailand on Monday to cremate the bodies of the mostly young victims of last week’s massacre at a daycare centre by a former policeman.

Last Thursday’s gun and and knife attack on the Young Children’s Development Centre in Uthai Sawan left 36 people dead, including 24 young children. It was the biggest mass killing by an individual in the country’s history.