Captain of Thai ‘cave boys’ football team dies in Britain

BANGKOK---One of 12 boys dramatically rescued after two weeks trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018 has died in Britain where he was attending a football academy, his former teacher said on Wednesday. Duangpetch Promthep, better known as "Dom", was captain of the "Wild Boars" team whose seemingly impossible extraction by international divers and Thai navy SEALs captured huge global attention. The circumstances of 17-year-old Duangpetch's death were not immediately clear. The news was shared on social media by a Buddhist monk who taught the boys in Thailand's northern Chiang Rai province. "Duangpetch Promthep has now gone to another world," Supatpong Methigo posted on...Keep on reading: Captain of Thai ‘cave boys’ football team dies in Britain

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