'October heroes' remembered

'October heroes' remembered

A ceremony to commemorate the 37th anniversary of the October 6, 1976 bloodshed was held at the historic park at Thammasat University on Sunday morning.

Video by Thanarak Khoonton

Assoc Prof Udom Rathamarit, deputy rector of Thammasat University, presided over the opening of the ceremony which was attended by relatives of those who died in the incident and some leading political figures who were part of the then student movement for democracy.

A statement was read out in memory of the "heroes" who sacrificed both in the October 6 event and the October 14 student uprising which took place earlier in 1973.

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