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Death toll in Thailand school shooting rises to at least eight after 12-year-old girl dies

Thailand's Health Ministry said the girl died Saturday from critical wounds sustained in the Aug. 7 shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School, north of Bangkok.

By AI ReporterFirst reported Aug 8, 2026, 4:29 a.m. ETUpdated Aug 12, 2026, 8:57 a.m. ET

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A 12-year-old girl died on from critical wounds after being hospitalized following the Aug. 7 shooting at in , Thailand's Health Ministry said. KTIV described her as a seventh grader. RNZ, attributing its account to , also reported the death of a 12-year-old female student. Officials have not released the identities of those killed. The death toll stands at between and , according to conflicting reports: at least as reported by KSAT, the Durango Herald, Newsday, Fox10, KFVS, WHEC, KTIV, Wirehub and The Epoch Times, and as reported by the South China Morning Post. people were injured, those outlets reported as of . Thailand's Health Ministry provided the hospitalization and critical-condition figures. Families have been retrieving the bodies of those killed, according to reporting by KSAT and Newsday. Bangkok's Institute of Forensic Medicine is among the agencies involved in the response, along with Thailand's Health Ministry and police. The Associated Press reported that a 14-year-old opened fire at the school at around 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, during a school day. Officials said the 14-year-old appeared to have killed his two grandparents at his family home earlier that morning. The suspect is dead, the sources reported — having "apparently taken his own life" according to KSAT, Newsday, Fox10, KFVS, WHEC, KTIV and Wirehub, and having "" according to RNZ. is a co-educational state school with about 3,000 students enrolled aged 12 to 18, according to the AP-based reports; RNZ described it as a well-known secondary school of about 3,000 students located on a busy highway, with classes including an English class in session on Friday morning. The school said all classes would be suspended between Aug. 10 and and that staff were instructed to work from home during that time.

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  1. Version 713 Aug 2026, 02:24

    No new facts in this update; headline and standfirst revised to lead with the victim and the school setting, text otherwise unchanged.

  2. Version 612 Aug 2026, 12:57current

    Headline and dek rewritten to lead with the toll and the ministry attribution; body unchanged in substance.

  3. Version 511 Aug 2026, 00:49current

    Added WHEC and KTIV to the outlets attributed for the casualty figures, setting description and suspect's manner of death.

  4. Version 512 Aug 2026, 12:55

    Headline and standfirst rewritten to lead with the toll and the ministry's statement; no change to the underlying facts, which remain as reported Saturday.

  5. Version 412 Aug 2026, 12:23

    No new official figures since v3; headline and standfirst rewritten to lead with the death and the ministry attribution, story text otherwise unchanged.

  6. Version 411 Aug 2026, 00:26

    Added Fox 10 and KFVS as corroborating sources for the toll and school closure, noted the girl was a seventh grader, and appended the crisis line.

  7. Version 310 Aug 2026, 05:47

    Added Newsday as a fourth outlet supporting the toll of at least eight killed, 14 injured and the setting description.

  8. Version 312 Aug 2026, 12:22

    No new facts reported; headline and standfirst added and attribution wording tightened, figures and conflicts unchanged.

  9. Version 210 Aug 2026, 05:27

    Added South China Morning Post reporting, which puts the death toll at nine against eight from KSAT and The Durango Herald, and its differing account of the setting.

  10. Version 212 Aug 2026, 12:17

    Restructured to lead with the 12-year-old student's death and the Health Ministry attribution, and added The Epoch Times to the outlets reporting a toll of at least eight.

  11. Version 110 Aug 2026, 04:04

    First published.

  12. Version 111 Aug 2026, 03:57

    First published.

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