On Thai Buddhist holy day, gunman's carnage shatters temple peace

Buddhist monk Luang Pi Kla shows the site of a shooting at Wat Pa Sattharuam monastery where nine people were killed in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Patpicha Tanakasempipat - RC24XE9WQAUA

WAT PA SATTHARUAM, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai nun Amornrat Putta-ariyawong was washing dishes in preparation to host Buddhist devotees on a holy day when a military Humvee pulled up just inside the temple gates and the driver started shooting into the road.

"When the first round of shots was fired, everyone thought it was one of those firecrackers going off," Amornrat, clad in white robes, recalled on Sunday.