9-yr-old dies after Buddhist monk beats him for disturbing prayer
A nine-year-old Buddhist novice died after a monk allegedly beat him with a stick and slammed his head against a pillar for disrupting a prayer session with "playful" behaviour. Monk Suphachai Suthiyano, 64, allegedly assaulted the boy with a bamboo stick at a temple in Thailand's Kanchanaburi. The monk was charged with assault, with the charge set to be elevated. 