Eight Thai monks killed after child drives truck into procession
Key takeaways
- Police say 11-year-old boy who took his parents’ vehicle without permission is now in custody and will be questioned.
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- The child – who media reports said is 11 years old – stole his parents’ vehicle on Thursday and drove into a procession of about 30 monks on a pilgrimage in Thailand’s northeastern Mukdahan, local police told Al Jazeera.
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Police say 11-year-old boy who took his parents’ vehicle without permission is now in custody and will be questioned.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A handout photo taken and released on July 2, 2026, by Ruamjai Mukdahan Rescue Foundation shows the aftermath of a collision between a pick-up truck driven by an 11-year-old and a procession of Buddhist monks, in the northeastern Thai province of Mukdahan [Handout/Ruamjai Mukdahan Rescue Foundation via AFP]By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and APPublished On 2 Jul 20262 Jul 2026Eight Thai monks have been killed and other people injured after a child drove his family’s pick-up truck into a Buddhist procession.
The child – who media reports said is 11 years old – stole his parents’ vehicle on Thursday and drove into a procession of about 30 monks on a pilgrimage in Thailand’s northeastern Mukdahan, local police told Al Jazeera.