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Shooting at Nonthaburi school in Thailand leaves at least one dead; suspect deceased

Casualty figures given by Thai police differ, with between one and six people reported killed at Debsirin Nonthaburi School on 7 August 2025.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 9:31 a.m. ET
A shooting on 7 August 2025 at , in of Nonthaburi province outside Bangkok, left people dead and wounded on a school day. AsiaOne reported that students streamed out of the school as the wounded were loaded on to ambulances, and that teachers hugged each other and cried. Casualty figures given by police differ. Lt. Col. Dechrapee Kongdee, the Nonthaburi Provincial Police Commander, gave a figure of one person killed and injured, while police put the number killed at and Lieutenant General Trairong Phophan, a spokesman for the National Police, gave a figure of injured \u2014 all as reported by AsiaOne. None of these accounts outweighs the others, and early casualty figures are frequently revised. Police said the suspect is dead, described in AsiaOne's reporting both as having and as having died of a injury. Officials have not released the identities of those killed or injured. Police have not stated a motive, and the circumstances of the shooting have not been determined. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said: "This is terrible for something like this to happen," adding, "I'm sad for those who died and sad for something like this to happen in our country." The Nonthaburi Provincial Police and Thailand's National Police are the responding agencies; officials have described the location variously at the level of the and of the school itself.

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Revision history

  1. Version 37 Aug 2026, 13:31current

    Deleted the closing 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline paragraph. No other changes: both casualty conflicts remain reported as sourced ranges naming Lt. Col. Dechrapee Kongdee, Lieutenant General Trairong Phophan and police; the suspect's manner of death is still given in both forms AsiaOne used; the location-granularity conflict and the Prime Minister's quotes are unchanged.

  2. Version 27 Aug 2026, 06:32

    Added the location of the shooting, Debsirin Nonthaburi School, as reported by AsiaOne.

  3. Version 17 Aug 2026, 05:46

    First published.

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