The bodies of many of the young victims whose lives were snuffed out in last week’s massacre at a day care centre in rural northeastern Thailand were dressed Tuesday as doctors, soldiers or astronauts — what they wanted to be when they grew up — before they were cremated in the evening at Buddhist temples.

The gun and knife attack carried out by a former policeman Thursday on the Young Children’s Development Center in Uthai Sawan killed 36 people, including 24 children.