A three-year-old girl is believed to be the only person to escape uninjured after violence unfolded at a day care facility in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, in Thailand
Mrs Srithong described her relief after learning her daughter was alive.Paweenuch Supolwong, held by her mother Anonpai Srithong, waves goodbye to her deceased friends' coffins inside a temple. Pic: APAt the time, she and her husband were at work in a Bangkok electronics factory almost 500 miles away from Uthai Sawan.
"Breathing was difficult, I can't describe it, but when I found out my child survived I was relieved," Mrs Srithong told the Associated Press.Mrs Srithong said her cousin was also killed in the massacre. Mourners have flocked to Paweenuch, tying dozens of white, yellow and red"soul strings" around her wrists in the hope of helping her spirit survive the atrocity."It is to bring the spirit back into her body," her mother said.Paweenuch's relatives tie 'soul strings' around her wrist to help restore her spirit Pic: AP
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