Funeral of Thai ‘cave boy’ who died in UK ends with prayers

Funeral of Thai ‘cave boy’ who died in UK ends with prayers

Duangphet “Dom” Phromthep, 17, was discovered unconscious in his room on February 12 on the Brooke House College Football Academy in Leicestershire and died at a hospital two days later.

His physique was cremated earlier this week throughout a Buddhist ceremony in England. His reason for demise was not identified however police stated it was not believed to be suspicious.

Portraits of Duangphet Phromthep are seen at Wat Phra That Doi Wao temple in Chiang Rai province Thailand, Saturday, March 4, 2023. (AP)
Family members contact a portrait of Duangphet Phromthep throughout the funeral. (AP)
From left, Natthawut Thakhamsong, Prachak Sutham, and soccer coach Ekkapol Chanthawong, members of the Wild Boars soccer group, pray throughout the funeral ceremony. (AP)

Sunday’s prayer session brings an finish to a two-day funeral ceremony on the Wat Phra That Doi Wao temple, within the far north border province of Chiang Rai.

The temple is positioned lower than 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from the Tham Luang Cave, the place Duangphet and 11 of his soccer teammates and their coach have been trapped for greater than two weeks earlier than they have been safely guided out by professional cave divers from world wide working with Thai navy SEALs.

Arriving from the close by metropolis of Chiang Mai with footage of Duangphet, a floral wreath and his previous soccer jersey, gamers from the Vachiralai Bee School, the place Duangphet studied earlier than going to England on a scholarship, gathered within the temple by their classmate’s shrine.

In this July 3, 2018 picture taken from video offered by the Royal Thai Navy Facebook Page, Thai boys smile as Thai Navy SEAL medics assist injured youngsters inside a collapse Mae Sai, northern Thailand. (AP)
Relatives of Duangphet “Dom” Phromthep, one of many boys rescued from the flooded collapse northern Thailand, greet him as he arrives house within the Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, on July 18, 2018. (AP)

“In terms of football, he was 100 per cent. He was highly determined. When we gave him his first tryout, his football ability was very good,” stated Suban Wiboonma, Duangphet’s head coach on the faculty.

“We wanted a striker who could score and we got him.”

Duangphet’s ashes are scheduled to be scattered within the Mekong River on Monday.

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