![]() ![]() They loaded Ammy's tiny wrists with white threads for luck, pinching her cheeks and whispering blessings. ![]() Relatives splashed one another with rice wine poured from a silver bowl and cried out wishes for good fortune. On Sunday afternoon, the family sat in a circle as a religious leader read from a Sanskrit prayer book, conducting a Buddhist ceremony for children who endure bad experiences.Īmmy sat patiently in her mother's lap, looking around shyly through big eyes and playing with two candles she held. Two other children were in hospital with serious head wounds. Of the 22 children stabbed to death, 11 died in the classroom where she was napping, according to police. Someone found her stirring in a far corner of a classroom, after the killer had left, and carried her out with her head covered by the blanket so she did not see the bodies of her classmates. They fussed over Ammy as she played in the yard in a flowery gown, an amulet tied around her neck, alternating between bewilderment and gap-toothed smiles at all the sudden attention.Īmmy's parents said she seems to have no memory of the tragedy. On Sunday, the family's wooden home was bustling with relatives and neighbours sharing plates of fish, papaya salad, and reflections on the tragedy. It's a mixed feeling of sadness and gratitude." ![]() "I'm in shock," said Ammy's mother, Panompai Sithong. She was the only child in the nursery to have escaped unscathed after former police officer Panya Khamrap killed more than 30 people, mostly children in the nursery, in a rampage through the town of Uthai Sawan. Paveenut Supolwong, nicknamed "Ammy", is normally a light sleeper, but at naptime on Thursday when the killer burst into the nursery and began murdering 22 children, Ammy was fast asleep with the blanket covering her face, her parents said. UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (Reuters) - A three-year-old child who managed to survive last week's massacre at a nursery in northeast Thailand slumbered through the horror under a blanket in the corner of a classroom. ![]()
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