Prayers, sorrow at temples as Thailand mourns children slain in massacre

People pray at Wat Rat Samakee temple following a mass shooting in the town of Uthai Sawan, Nong Bua Lam Phu province, Thailand October 8, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (Reuters) -Hundreds gathered in temples in northeast Thailand on Saturday, offering candles, toys and prayers to mark the lives of more than 30 mostly child victims of a gun and knife rampage that shocked the world.

Most of the children, aged 2 to 5, were slashed to death on Thursday, while adults were shot, police said in the aftermath of one of the world's worst recent child death tolls in a massacre by a single killer.