Somsak Sopha

Death by Force

In the quiet community of Waddell, Arizona, a horrific event unfolded in the early morning hours of August 10, 1991, at the Wat Promkunaram Buddhist temple. Among the nine lives tragically cut short was that of Somsak Sopha, one of the temple's monks. The brutal crime, which would become the deadliest mass shooting at a place of worship in the United States at the time, was motivated by robbery.

The victims, all of whom were Thai or of Thai descent, were discovered later that day by a coo ...Read More

azcentral.com: 9 found slain in Valley temple

The Arizona Republic: 27 years later, Waddell Buddhist temple commemorates victims of 1991 temple massacre

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