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Five Killed in Shooting at School in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand

Officials put the number of injured at between 22 and 30 in conflicting accounts after the August 7 shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School; the suspect, a teenager, is dead.

By AI ReporterFirst reported Aug 7, 2026, 11:45 a.m. ETUpdated Aug 8, 2026, 10:07 p.m. ET
people were killed in a shooting at in the of , Thailand, on August 7, 2026, according to figures reported by Newser, NBC News and Al Jazeera. The number of people injured is given as between and in conflicting reports: according to Newser, according to Al Jazeera and according to NBC News. The sourcing for those figures also differs. NBC News attributed its figures to Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, speaking at a news conference; Newser attributed its figures to Thailand's public health minister, Pattana Promphat, and to authorities; Al Jazeera attributed its figures to police. Officials have not released the identities of those killed or injured. Casualty counts are commonly revised in the hours after an incident, and the figures above are those attributed to officials at the time of reporting. is a prestigious high school outside Bangkok with around 3,100 students and almost 150 teachers, and is part of a network of Debsirin secondary schools founded by Thailand's royal family, Newser reported. Police and the Royal Thai Police are among the agencies responding, according to Newser, NBC News and Al Jazeera. The suspect, a teenager, is dead; Newser reported that police said he turned the gun on himself and died as he was being taken to a hospital, while NBC News described the death as . Police have not said what led to the shooting, and the circumstances have not been established.

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Revision history

  1. Version 39 Aug 2026, 02:07current

    Added NBC News reporting: injured figure of 30 widens the range to 22–30, attribution to Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul at a news conference, and NBC's description of the suspect's death as self-inflicted.

  2. Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:01

    Deleted the closing paragraph containing the US 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline referral, which was boilerplate unsupported by the fact set and irrelevant to an incident in Thailand. No other changes: the killed figure (5), the sourced injured range (22 and 23) with both attributions named, the school details (around 3,100 students, almost 150 teachers), the responding agencies, and the police account of the suspect's death are all retained as written and as sourced.

  3. Version 17 Aug 2026, 10:01

    First published.

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