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An 11-year-old boy drove his parents' truck into a Buddhist procession in Thailand Thursday, killing nine monks and seriously injuring around 10 others, police and local authorities said.A group of 35 monks and five lay followers were walking along a roadside in northeastern Mukdahan province during a pilgrimage when the incident occurred.’I saw a boy driving a pickup truck, approaching,’ one monk, identified as Phra Sompong, said in a video posted online by local rescue workers.’Then suddenly the truck hit at full speed and crashed us,’ he said.’Luckily another monk and I managed to jump out of the way in time,’ he added.’The first nine monks in line survived. But others who were hit were thrown into the air.’Police said five monks died at the scene and three more in hospital. The Mukdahan provincial office later announced the death of a ninth monk.Health authorities had earlier said four monks were in a critical condition and 10 others were seriously hurt, while more were being treated for lighter injuries.Buddhist monks are highly venerated in Thailand, entrusted with preserving and passing on the Buddha's teachings.They often hold public processions and are widely seen receiving alms of goodwill from ordinary Thais.CCTV footage from a nearby property shows the monks walking along the road with multiple vehicles driving past. The sound of a loud crash can then be heard before the procession stops.Police said the boy had taken his parents' pickup truck without permission before losing control of the vehicle and crashing into the monks.’The suspect is a child. The vehicle has been taken for forensic examination to determine the cause,’ Police Major General Pairoj Thaiphutsa, commander of the Mukdahan Provincial Police, told reporters.’We've asked the child's parents to come in so we can determine who is responsible for the child's care, so we can go on with legal process,’ he added.Prayut Ruanthongkam, chief of Mukdahan City Police, told AFP by telephone that the child was a boy aged 11.In Thailand, children under the age of 12 have no criminal liability.Mukdahan Governor Worayan Bunnarat said the case should serve as a wider warning on road safety.Deadly transport accidents are common in Thailand, which has one of the worst road safety records in the world, with speeding, drunk driving and weak law enforcement all contributing factors.’We've been very strict on road safety in recent years. This case should be a lesson not just for our province, but for the public in general when it comes to preventing road accidents,’ said the governor.’I think everyone involved, especially parents, needs to help, because no one wants something like this to happen.’ Source link
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Chile’s President Jose Antonio Kast and his Uruguayan counterpart Yamandu Orsi hold a press conference, in Montevideo, Uruguay. (Reuters) The presidents of Chile and Uruguay huddled Wednesday to discuss how to fight organised crime, a problem that right-wing populists campaigned on in their sweep to power across Latin America.President Jose Antonio Kast of Chile and Yamandu Orsi of Uruguay conferred for an hour a day after attending a summit of the regional trading bloc called Mercosur, in neighbouring Paraguay.Kast expressed hope that both Uruguay and Paraguay will soon join Chile in signing a crime-fighting agreement to tackle powerful drug trafficking cartels which send huge amounts of cocaine from South America to the United States and Europe.”Organised crime can be removed from one country but it needs the same rules in all nations to be able to do away with this scourge,” Kast said in a joint statement with Orsi.Backed by President Donald Trump, Kast won a landslide victory in Chile in December on a platform to crack down hard on crime and illegal immigration, which he blamed for bringing cartels and gangs into Chile, one of the most prosperous countries of Latin America.The homicide rate in Chile has doubled in the past decade to 5.4 per 100,000 inhabitants. Uruguay’s is almost twice that. Related Story Source link
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the first World Cup knockout-stage goal of his career, Goncalo Ramos netted a stoppage-time header and Portugal got a last-second break on an offside call to beat Croatia 2-1 on Thursday and set up a last-16 clash with Spain.Croatia looked to have equalised at the end, leaving Ronaldo crestfallen on the bench, but the last-gasp effort was ruled offside after a video assistant referee review, prompting the team’s supporters in the south end of Toronto Stadium to shower the pitch with debris.”It’s difficult because it’s a game if you don’t win, you go home,” said Ramos. “But for me, especially, I love those types of moments, I love those types of games, I want to play every game like that, I want to be in the big moment.”It was Josko Gvardiol who thought he had equalised for Croatia in the 103rd minute but a review showed the ball had touched Igor Matanovic on the way through, which made Gvardiol offside.”We didn’t deserve this sort of finish,” said Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic. “It’s never easy when you concede a goal in the last minutes of the match but we should have resolved this differently.”Ronaldo, 41, became the oldest player to score in the knockout stage of a World Cup when he fired home from the spot to draw Portugal level in the 68th minute of a pulsating game before substitute Ramos rose above the Croatia defenders in the fourth minute of stoppage time.The goal for Ronaldo, who was taken out of the game by coach Roberto Martinez in the 81st minute, was his first in a World Cup knockout game.Ivan Perisic had put Croatia in front when he brought down a pass from Josip Stanisic and coolly fired home at the far post in the 53rd minute as the game opened up considerably with incredible back-and-forth action. PORTUGAL DOMINATE FIRST HALF Portugal dominated possession in the first half but struggled to convert their chances on a night when a breeze off Lake Ontario offered reprieve from the sweltering heat that blanketed the city for much of the day.Ronaldo, booed heavily by Croatia supporters every time he touched the ball, failed to get his head on an early Pedro Neto cross and then he and Bruno Fernandes were unable to take advantage of a deep cross from Joao Cancelo. Croatia, World Cup runners-up in 2018 and third in 2022, came roaring out of the restart and had Portugal on the back foot as Mateo Kovacic picked up a loose ball and went through the defenders but his shot hit the side of the net not long before they opened the scoring.Nikola Vlasic thought he had Croatia’s second but was ruled offside after poking the ball in before Portugal stormed back down the field where Rafael Leao drilled a shot from outside the area that slammed off the crossbar.Ronaldo nearly scored when he coolly flicked the ball over the goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic and into the net but was ruled offside.The Portugal captain finally got his moment in the 68th minute when he fired a penalty straight down the middle of the goal after Renato Veiga was pulled down in the area by Vlasic. EMOTIONAL RONALDO PUTS ON JOTA SHIRT AFTER THE MATCHPortugal took to the pitch with heavy hearts as the match was played a day before the one-year anniversary of the death of their forward Diogo Jota in a car crash.An image of Jota in his No. 21 shirt was shown on video boards at Toronto Stadium after the playing of Portugal’s national anthem. Portuguese supporters then gave a standing ovation in honour of Jota in the 21st minute.After the game an emotional Ronaldo put on Jota’s red No. 21 shirt while fighting back tears.”We won for us, Diogo and Portugal. Let’s Go,” Ronaldo posted on his official Instagram account.Portugal’s Martinez also spoke about Jota. “Several beautiful symbols of power and energy and what Jota meant for the team,” the coach said.”He was someone who believed, and we have responsibility for Diogo and we are going to keep doing this.”The last Toronto-based game of the global showcase was a marquee all-European clash featuring two ageless wonders going head-to-head and it was Ronaldo who kept his hopes for an elusive World Cup alive while Luka Modric was left to ponder his international future.Ronaldo, who shared a moment on the pitch with Modric after the match, said he hopes the man who has featured in each of Croatia’s last 23 matches at the World Cup has more football left in him.”I spoke with him. He’s a legend of football,” Ronaldo said of Modric. “Played so many years together with him at Real Madrid. I wish him all the best and I hope he continues to play.”Portugal and Croatia have massive diaspora populations in the Greater Toronto Area and thousands of their supporters braved stifling heat as they danced their way to the stadium for the highly anticipated first World Cup meeting between the two nations.By the time the game kicked off, the temperature had dropped considerably from the day’s earlier high of 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) that convinced officials to cancel a watch party outside Toronto City Hall.Portugal will face Spain on Monday in Dallas with the winner moving on to play Belgium or the United States in the quarter-final. Related Story Source link
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