One of the 12 boys who was rescued from a Thai cave after being trapped for two weeks in 2018 has died in the UK.
Duangpetch Promthep, who was the captain of the football team which got into trouble while exploring the caves in Chiang Rai province, is reported to have sustained a head injury.
The circumstances surrounding his death are currently not known, but his mother has informed the Wat Phra That Doi Wao temple in his hometown in northern Thailand of the news.
In a post on Facebook, the temple wrote: “May Dom’s soul rest in peace.”
A non-profit organisation, the Zico Foundation, which helped him secure a scholarship in England, posted a message to “express our condolences”.
Other members of the team rescued from the cave have also posted tributes on social media.
The teenager had enrolled in the Brooke House College Football Academy in Leicester late last year.
He was aged 13 when along with his team – the Wild Boars – and their coach, the side explored the Tham Luang Nang Non cave system in June 2018.
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The first picture of the team when they were found alive by divers
A rescue effort involving Thai and foreign divers was launched after the team – aged between 11 and 16 – became trapped by rising floodwaters.
The young football players and their 25-year-old coach were underground around two kilometres into the cave.
After 18 days, the team was saved in a huge rescue operation involving specialist divers and Thai Navy SEALs.
The mission was followed across the globe and their story has since been turned into books and a Netflix series.
