Suspect among 7 dead in Thailand school shooting; 15 injured
At least seven people were killed on Friday when a student opened fire at a school in Thailand before turning the gun on himself, a national police official said. Students streamed out of the Debsirin Nonthaburi School, on the northwestern outskirts of Bangkok, as the wounded were loaded onto ambulances and teachers hugged each other and cried. In photos circulated by emergency workers, one…
A student triggered a school shooting in Thailand on Friday, resulting in at least seven deaths and 15 injuries. The incident unfolded at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School, located on the outskirts of Bangkok. Emergency personnel reported that the shooter was among the seven fatalities. The injured students were swiftly transported to ambulances, while teachers displayed expressions of grief.
An 18-year-old student initially mistook the sounds for firecrackers before recognizing the gunfire. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul described the event as a "terrible incident" and expressed disbelief at such occurrences in the country. Education Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong highlighted that both teachers and students were among the casualties.
The perpetrator has been identified as a student, marking this as the second school shooting in Thailand this year, following a similar incident in February where a teacher was killed and a student injured in the southern part of the country. The aftermath saw a heavy flow of traffic near the school, with parents rushing to collect their children.
The school's 2025 enrollment comprised approximately 3,100 students and 147 teachers. Gun violence has been an ongoing issue in Thailand, with multiple shootings involving children in recent years. The most significant mass killing by a single perpetrator occurred in 2022, where a former policeman engaged in an extended gun and knife attack, resulting in 36 deaths, including 22 children who were stabbed while sleeping at a daycare center.
Other notable incidents include a July 2025 shooting at a Bangkok market and a deadly school shooting in Hat Yai in February this year. Earlier in 2020, a soldier carried out a shooting rampage in Nakhon Ratchasima, and in 2023, a 14-year-old boy used a modified handgun to kill two people and wound five others in a luxury Bangkok shopping center.
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