Horror attack highlights dire need for mental health care reform in Thailand
Apasa Seewua is taken away by police after murdering 5 children in Chiang Mai, Thailand earlier this week. Image via Ruamkatanyu News on Facebook.
Image via Suan Prung Psychiatric Hospital’s website
The brutal murder of five children in Chiang Mai should be a major concern for a Thai government promoting ‘happiness', writes James Austin Farrell
Five children were killed this week when a 24-year-old man, Apasa Seewua, said to have recently been released from Suan Prung Psychiatric Hospital in Chiang Mai, entered a house and attacked them with a 19-inch meat cleaver. One of the victims was an eight month old baby. The others were all aged less than eight years old. One other child, as well as a pregnant mother, survived the attack and both are reported to be traumatized but recovering in hospital. Two boys and one girl were the injured mother's children, while the other two victims were the woman's nephew and the son of a neighbour.Horror Attack Highlights Dire Need for Mental Health Care Reform in Thailand by Thavam Ratna
