‘Mom, don’t call me’: Inside Thailand’s deadly school shooting
Nine people were killed and an additional 23 wounded in the country's worst mass shooting since 2022, reigniting debate over firearms control.
On Friday morning at Debsirin Nonthaburi School, located on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, a shooting unfolded that left 14-year-old Khim and her classmates in terror. Initially, the students thought the loud bangs they heard might have come from a construction site, peering over a balcony to investigate. However, when the gunfire continued, a teacher promptly ushered everyone into a classroom, and using a messaging group, they learned of the active shooter.
Frightened and desperate, the students took desperate measures to protect themselves, pushing desks in front of a door, switching off the lights, and huddling together near the classroom windows.
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- Thailand mass shooting theage.com.au
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