Thammasat commemorates 40th anniversary of October 6, 1976 bloody crackdown

Thammasat University today held a ceremony to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the October 6, 1976 bloodshed in which over forty of democracy fighters died and several were injured in the bloody crackdown.

Prof Dr Somkid Lertpaitoon, the university rector, presided over the opening of the ceremony which was attended by relatives of those who died in the bloody crackdown, students, and people.

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