Sirirat Nualraksa tearfully stared at the ambulance carrying the body of the victim of the shooting on February 8, including her three relatives.

Sirirat, 43, lost his sister, brother-in-law and two-year-old grandson in the massacre by Sergeant Jakrapanth Thomma, a military unit of a military unit in Nakhon Ratchasima, northeastern Thailand.

She was just one of the victims' families sitting on plastic chairs and benches outside the hospital morgue on February 9, waiting to receive the victim's body and providing information to receive compensation from the Victims Fund. Criminal case of the Thai government.

Sirirat said she was talking to her sister Papatchaya Nualraksa, 33, via Facebook, when her brother and her husband and two-year-old son hid in Terminal 21 shopping center in the city center, as Jakrapanth carried a rifle all over the place. place.

At that time, Sirirat advised his sister not to make her son make noise to catch the gunman's attention, while the fire burned throughout the 7-storey mall.

Papatchaya told Sirirat that she was too scared. "Gunfire rang out continuously, but there was no sign of any rescue. But both of my sisters still believed it could escape," Sirirat said, adding that the two sisters had texted each other on. Facebook before Papatchaya was silent.

About 13 hours later, Thai special forces were able to destroy Jakrapanth. Sirirat then received photos from a friend working in the mall, showing the body of her sister holding her arms around her 2-year-old son and nearby husband.

Hospital officials said it could take several days for autopsies to be completed, so that families could receive the bodies of their loved ones. About 1,000 people gathered at the Thao Suranari monument in downtown Nakhon Ratchasima, under the guidance of monks to pray for the souls of the dead in the bloody shootings, wishing them to soon escape.