{
  "id": 552166,
  "title": "Thailand’s rising body count reveals a nation unable to curb gun crime",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/thailands-rising-body-count-reveals-a-nation-unable-to-curb-gun-crime",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T09:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3363617/thailands-rising-body-count-reveals-nation-unable-curb-gun-crime"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The cremations of the victims of the Debsirin school shooting in the Thai province of Nonthaburi had barely begun when another body was added to the country’s rising toll from gun violence. On Monday morning, a former MP for Nonthaburi fired four rounds at a local official inside a car – then calmly strode away, the pistol tucked back into his belt. Police Colonel Thongchai Yenprasert was shot…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}