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Twelve-year-old girl's death raises Thai school shooting toll to eight

Eight people have died and 14 were injured after a shooting at a high school in Nonthaburi province outside Bangkok, according to reported figures; classes are suspended until August 14.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 10, 2026, 2:33 a.m. ET
people have died and were injured after a shooting at , a high school in the city of , in province north-west of Bangkok, Thailand, according to figures reported by the Irvine Times and the Leader Live as of . The Thai health ministry stated the death of a 12-year-old girl, which raised the reported toll to ; the remainder of the toll is not attributed to a named authority in the reports. Most of those injured were aged between 12 and , according to the Irvine Times. Officials have not released the identities of those killed or injured, beyond the health ministry's account of the 12-year-old girl's death. The reports say pupils were at the school when a 14-year-old schoolboy opened fire at around 10am local time (4am BST) on Friday; that account is not attributed to a named source in either report. The reports do not give a calendar date for the attack. Officials said the 14-year-old appeared to have killed his two grandparents at the family home earlier that morning. The suspect is dead: the Leader Live reported that he , while the Irvine Times described the death as . Police, the Thai health ministry and Bangkok's Institute of Forensic Medicine are the agencies named as responding. , according to the Irvine Times. By morning the school was quiet, with only a minor police presence at the entrance, according to an account that is not attributed to a named source in the reports. No motive or explanation has been established, and no official is quoted offering one. The location is identified no more precisely than the school itself.

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  1. Version 210 Aug 2026, 06:33current

    Added the days of the week and the school's August 10-14 class suspension, the ages of most of those injured, the city of Nonthaburi, and the sourced range on the manner of the suspect's death; removed the dating note and the unsupplied crisis helpline.

  2. Version 110 Aug 2026, 06:26

    First published.

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