President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday extended sympathy to the families of the victims of a deadly stampede that marred a football match in Indonesia and the mass killing at a daycare center in Thailand.
Marcos said the Filipino nation condoles and prays with the families of the victims.
“We condole deeply with the families of those lost in the recent tragedies of the Indonesia football stampede and the Thailand daycare attack,” Marcos posted on Twitter.
“We pray for the recovery of the survivors, healing of those left behind, and that the departed may rest in peace,” he added.
At least 125 people died while some 180 others injured at the Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang District in Indonesia’s East Java province on October 1 after supporters of losing team Arema FC stormed into the field.
Security officers fired tear gas to disperse the crowd only to trigger the stampede.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, a former Thai policeman killed at least 38 people, 24 of them children, in a knife and gun rampage at a child care center in the Na Klang district of Nong Bua Lamphu province.
The suspect, reportedly sacked in June for drug use, then shot to death his wife and child at home before killing himself.
State broadcaster ThaiPBS reported that some of the victims were as young as two years old.
The Philippine Embassy in Bangkok is coordinating with authorities and the Royal Thai Police to check if there were Filipinos affected in the killing spree.
