Three-year-old girl survived Thailand day care massacre while sleeping


Photos of the victims of a mass killing attack are displayed inside the Wat Rat Samakee temple in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, north eastern Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. A former police officer burst into a day care center in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, killing dozens of preschoolers and teachers before shooting more people as he fled. - AP

BANGKOK, Oct 9 (tca/dpa): As a vicious gunman murdered 24 children at a day care in Thailand, one 3-year-old girl slept through the entire massacre.

The girl, identified only as Emmy, was found awake and alive Thursday as authorities surveyed the horror at Young Children’s Development Center in Uthai Sawan, the BBC reported.

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