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  "id": 564920,
  "title": "Thai PM suspends gun licences as teen shooter, grandparents cremated",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/thai-pm-suspends-gun-licences-as-teen-shooter-grandparents-cremated-564920",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T12:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260811/thai-pm-suspends-gun-licences-as-teen-shooter-grandparents-cremated"
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  "account": "Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has suspended firearms licenses in the wake of a recent school shooting, as the bodies of the teenage gunman and his killed grandparents were prepared for cremation. On Friday, the 14-year-old assailant murdered his grandparents and six others at his school in Nonthaburi, before ending his own life with a gun. The caskets of the grandparents were displayed at the Tem Rak Samakkhi Buddhist temple on Tuesday, alongside their portraits, prior to their cremation, which followed a multi-day funeral. The young gunman's smaller casket was placed to the side, surrounded by white flowers at the same temple. Tawee Piewphong, a relative of the slain grandfather, paid tribute to his brother-in-law, describing him as \"a man of few words, but a very kind person.\"",
  "summary": "NONTHABURI, Thailand — Thailand's prime minister said Tuesday he had suspended firearms licences after last week's deadly school shooting, as the bodies of the teenage assailant and the grandparents he killed were cremated. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said he had ordered the interior ministry and police to stop issuing licenses to possess, purchase and carry firearms, and called for…",
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        "title": "Thai PM suspends gun licences as teen shooter, grandparents cremated",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/thai-pm-suspends-gun-licences-as-teen-shooter-grandparents-cremated",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Thai PM suspends gun licences as teen shooter, grandparents cremated",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Thai PM suspends gun licences as teen shooter, grandparents cremated",
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        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Thai PM suspends gun licences after school shooting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/thai-pm-suspends-gun-licences-after-school-shooting",
        "published": "2026-08-11T11:09:11.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Thai PM suspends gun licences as teen shooter, grandparents cremated",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/thai-pm-suspends-gun-licences-as-teen-shooter-grandparents-cremated-565863",
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