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Nine people are killed, including the shooter, and 15 others are injured in a shooting spree between a home and the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Bang Kruai district, Nonthaburi pr
Confirmed
The shooting happened at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province northwest of the national capital, Royal Thai Police spokesperson Trairong Piwpan told The Associated Press. (AP Video: Sakchai Lalit) A student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok on Friday, killing at least six people and wounding several others, police said.
The 14-year-old shooter also appeared to have killed his two grandparents at the family home earlier in the morning and took his own life at the school, authorities said. Teenager killed his grandparents before opening fire at school near Bangkok, where more than 30 were wounded Teenager killed his grandparents before opening fire at school near Bangkok, where more than 30 were wounded A Thai teenager killed his grandparents before opening fire at his school, where he shot five people dead and took his own life, police have said, in an attack that has shaken a country struggling to deal with gun violence.
Police were responding to a shooting Friday at a high school outside Bangkok where deaths and injuries were reported. Nine people were in a critical condition, the Thai health department said.
They found a male teacher lying dead on an upper floor of the school, and in another room they found a female teacher with wounds to her chest and arm, Kiatikhun said. Images from the scene showed students running with only socks on their feet as they were evacuated from the school.
Prompong found out in the school’s group chat that some of his friends had not survived.
What's confirmed
- The shooting happened at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province northwest of the national capital, Royal Thai Police spokesperson Trairong Piwpan told The Associated Press.
- The 14-year-old shooter also appeared to have killed his two grandparents at the family home earlier in the morning and took his own life at the school, authorities said.
- Police were responding to a shooting Friday at a high school outside Bangkok where deaths and injuries were reported.
- They found a male teacher lying dead on an upper floor of the school, and in another room they found a female teacher with wounds to her chest and arm, Kiatikhun said.
- Prompong found out in the school’s group chat that some of his friends had not survived.
What's still developing
- Police were responding to a shooting Friday at a high school outside Bangkok where deaths and injuries were reported.
- The shooting happened at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province northwest of the national capital, Royal Thai Police spokesperson Trairong Piwpan told The Associated Press. (AP Video: Sakchai Lalit) A…
- The 14-year-old shooter also appeared to have killed his two grandparents at the family home earlier in the morning and took his own life at the school, authorities said.
- Teenager killed his grandparents before opening fire at school near Bangkok, where more than 30 were wounded Teenager killed his grandparents before opening fire at school near Bangkok, where more than 30 were…
- Nine people were in a critical condition, the Thai health department said.
- Images from the scene showed students running with only socks on their feet as they were evacuated from the school.
- They found a male teacher lying dead on an upper floor of the school, and in another room they found a female teacher with wounds to her chest and arm, Kiatikhun said.
- Prompong found out in the school’s group chat that some of his friends had not survived.