Tag: Ayutthaya

 Thais search for missing as 15 die in pilgrim boat accident

  by Lillian Suwanrumpha AYUTTHAYA, Thailand (AFP) — Divers located the body of a young boy on Monday as they resumed their search for missing passengers after an overcrowded boat carrying Muslim pilgrims sank on Thailand’s Chao Phraya river, leaving at least 15 people dead. The accident happened on Sunday afternoon near the ancient city of Ayutthaya, a popular tourist attraction, when a boat packed with pilgrims returning from a mosque hit a concrete bank in strong […]