PHOTOS: Thailand’s horrific Thammasat Massacre remembered by survivors

Buddhist monks opened an emotionally charged commemoration Thursday on the 40th anniversary of a massacre of student protesters in Bangkok, as survivors reflected on a battle for democracy that appears lost in junta-run Thailand. The killings of October 6, 1976 marked a nadir in the kingdom’s blood-splattered recent history. At least 46 student protesters were shot, beaten to death or hung from trees as they massed at Thammasat University against the return from forced exile of hated military dictator Thanom Kittikachorn. Survivors say the true toll was at least twice as high, with thousands more arrested or forced into hiding. Fearing…Read