Eight Buddhist monks killed and 26 injured when boy, 11, crashes truck into them during pilgrimage
Published date: Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:06:28 +0700Eight Buddhist monks were killed and 26 others injured when an eleven-year-old boy who was driving his father's pick-up truck rammed into them this morning.
The religious figures were walking in single file in a group of 34 along the roadside when the bronze Isuzu ploughed through them in Mukdahan, northeast Thailand, at around 11:55 am.
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Mukdahan, Thailand |
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02/07/2026 |
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