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Death toll in Thai school shooting rises to eight after 12-year-old girl dies in hospital

Fourteen people remained in hospital on Saturday, seven of them in a critical condition, after a shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School outside Bangkok.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 10, 2026, 12:43 a.m. ET
people were killed and injured in a shooting at , according to reporting by the Warrington Guardian, the Craven Herald, the Westmorland Gazette, the Impartial Reporter, the North Wales Pioneer, the East Anglian Daily Times, This Is Wiltshire, the Ealing Times, the Surrey Comet, the Lancashire Telegraph, the Bicester Advertiser, Your Local Guardian, the Harwich and Manningtree Standard, the Wirral Globe, the Guardian Series, the Enfield Independent and the Gazette and Herald, with those figures given as of Saturday. The East Anglian Daily Times, the Westmorland Gazette, the Watford Observer, the Lancashire Telegraph and the Gazette and Herald attributed the death of a 12-year-old girl in hospital, which raised the toll to , to the Thai health ministry. Officials have not released the identities of those killed or injured. Pupils were in school on Friday morning when, the outlets reported, a 14-year-old pupil opened fire at around 10am local time (4am BST). Most of the outlets reported that he ; the Watford Observer described his death as . The Craven Herald, This Is Wiltshire, the Surrey Comet, the Enfield Independent and the East Anglian Daily Times reported that he also fired at his family home, and the outlets reported that officials said he appeared to have killed his two grandparents there earlier in the morning. The school is described by the Warrington Guardian, This Is Wiltshire, Your Local Guardian, the East Anglian Daily Times, the Bicester Advertiser, the North Wales Pioneer, the Gazette and Herald, the Ealing Times, the Lancashire Telegraph, the Surrey Comet, the Impartial Reporter, the Harwich and Manningtree Standard, the Wirral Globe, the Guardian Series, the Enfield Independent, the Watford Observer and the Westmorland Gazette as being in , and by the Craven Herald as being in . The Warrington Guardian, the Westmorland Gazette, the Harwich and Manningtree Standard and the Gazette and Herald reported that most of those injured were aged between 12 and , while the Craven Herald, the Lancashire Telegraph and Your Local Guardian reported that most of those injured were pupils aged 12 to . As of Saturday, people remained in hospital, seven of them still in a critical condition, according to the outlets. On Friday the school posted a message on Facebook seeking blood donations for two students, the outlets reported, including the 12-year-old girl who later died. Police, Bangkok's Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Thai health ministry are among those responding, the outlets reported. The outlets reported that the school said classes would be suspended between August 10 and , with school staff instructed to work from home during that time; the Craven Herald, the Gazette and Herald, the Ealing Times, Your Local Guardian, the Westmorland Gazette, the Lancashire Telegraph, the Impartial Reporter and the Guardian Series attributed the announcement to by name. Figures reported early in an incident are often revised. If you or someone you know is struggling, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available 24 hours a day: call or text 988.

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Revision history

  1. Version 1010 Aug 2026, 04:43current

    Added the Watford Observer's differing description of the shooter's death as self-inflicted alongside the majority wording, and credited it on the health ministry attribution and location.

  2. Version 910 Aug 2026, 03:26

    Added the Wirral Globe, Guardian Series and Enfield Independent to the attribution lists for the casualty figures, location, home shooting and class suspension; removed the count "all 14 outlets".

  3. Version 810 Aug 2026, 03:13

    No new facts; added the Impartial Reporter to the location and closure attributions and condensed the school-closure paragraph.

  4. Version 710 Aug 2026, 02:33

    Added the Harwich and Manningtree Standard to the attributed source lists and led the second paragraph with the school-day setting; no new facts.

  5. Version 610 Aug 2026, 02:28

    Added the Lancashire Telegraph to the outlets supporting the casualty figures, the health ministry attribution, the ages of the injured and the class suspension; moved the note that identities have not been released into the opening paragraph.

  6. Version 510 Aug 2026, 02:26

    Added the Westmorland Gazette, Ealing Times and Gazette and Herald to the attributions for the toll, the health ministry's account of the girl's death, the injured age range and the class-suspension notice.

  7. Version 410 Aug 2026, 01:53

    Added four further outlets to the sourcing and attributed the 12-year-old girl's death in hospital to the Thai health ministry via the East Anglian Daily Times.

  8. Version 310 Aug 2026, 01:43

    Added Warrington Guardian as a fourth corroborating outlet throughout, including its reporting that most of those injured were aged between 12 and 14.

  9. Version 210 Aug 2026, 01:33

    Added Your Local Guardian as a third corroborating source for the casualty figures, location, victim ages and school closure; figures unchanged.

  10. Version 110 Aug 2026, 01:24

    First published.

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