Mourners crammed a temple chamber for a closing prayer session on Sunday in northern Thailand for one of many 12 boys rescued from a flooded collapse 2018 who died in England final month.

Duangphet “Dom” Phromthep, 17, was discovered unconscious in his room on February 12 on the Brooke House College Football Academy in Leicestershire and died at a hospital two days later.

His physique was cremated earlier this week throughout a Buddhist ceremony in England. His reason for loss of life was not identified however police stated it was not believed to be suspicious.

Sunday’s prayer session brings an finish to a two-day funeral ceremony on the Wat Phra That Doi Wao temple, within the far north border province of Chiang Rai.

The temple is positioned lower than 6.2 miles from the Tham Luang Cave, the place Duangphet and 11 of his soccer teammates and their coach had been trapped for greater than two weeks earlier than they had been safely guided out by professional cave divers from all over the world working with Thai navy SEALs.

Arriving from the close by metropolis of Chiang Mai with photos of Duangphet, a floral wreath and his outdated soccer jersey, gamers from the Vachiralai Bee School, the place Duangphet studied earlier than going to England on a scholarship, gathered within the temple by their classmate’s shrine.

“In terms of football, he was 100%. He was highly determined. When we gave him his first tryout, his football ability was very good,” stated Suban Wiboonma, Duangphet’s head coach on the faculty. “We wanted a striker who could score and we got him.”

Duangphet’s ashes are scheduled to be scattered within the Mekong River on Monday.