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Six killed in shooting at school in Thailand's Nonthaburi province

Royal Thai Police say three teachers and three students were killed at Debsirin Nonthaburi School, with reports of between 20 and 23 injured.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 8:59 p.m. ET
people were killed in a shooting at in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi , north of Bangkok, according to figures given by , as reported by the Southeast Asia Post, Laos News, Thailand News, the Times of Oman and Malaysia Sun. Those outlets reported that those killed were three teachers and three students. The number of injured is reported as between and — according to the Times of Oman, Thailand News, Malaysia Sun and the Southeast Asia Post, and in a separate Thailand News report. Thailand News gave the figures as of . The date is reported differently: 7 August 2026 by Thailand News and Laos News, and 7 August 2025 by Malaysia Sun. Early casualty figures are frequently revised. Students were on campus at the time. Thailand News, Laos News, Malaysia Sun and the Southeast Asia Post described it as ; the Times of Oman reported that students were on campus at the school, also giving the enrolment as around 3,000. CNN, citing law enforcement authorities, reported the shooting took place on Friday, earlier in the day than its account. Officials have not released the identities of those killed or injured. Police have said the incident is no longer active, and Thailand's Central Investigation Bureau said the "situation is now under control." The Royal Thai Police and the Central Investigation Bureau are among the agencies responding. The location has been given at the level of the by the Times of Oman, Thailand News, Laos News, Malaysia Sun and the Southeast Asia Post, and at the level of the in a separate Thailand News report. A Royal Thai Police spokesperson — named by Thailand News and Laos News as Lt Gen Trairong Phiwphan — said the suspect remains in critical condition and is receiving emergency medical treatment, as reported by the Southeast Asia Post, Thailand News, Laos News, the Times of Oman and Malaysia Sun. The Southeast Asia Post and Thailand News reported that the suspect is not deceased. Police have not said what led to the shooting, and no cause or motive has been established. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said: "This is horrible; it shouldn't have happened."

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Revision history

  1. Version 78 Aug 2026, 00:59current

    Suspect is now reported as alive and in critical condition, with the earlier conflicting report of death removed; Southeast Asia Post added to attributions.

  2. Version 67 Aug 2026, 15:07

    Added Laos News attribution to the casualty, date, setting, location and suspect-status reporting.

  3. Version 57 Aug 2026, 15:03

    Added Malaysia Sun as a corroborating source, noted the conflicting reported dates (2026 vs 2025) and the venue-versus-province difference in stated location granularity.

  4. Version 47 Aug 2026, 14:42

    Injury figure now given as a sourced range of 20 to 23; conflicting reports on the suspect's status (critical condition vs. deceased) added; casualty figures timestamped to Friday afternoon.

  5. Version 37 Aug 2026, 14:37

    Added the 7 August 2026 date, the Central Investigation Bureau's "situation is now under control" statement, and second-source corroboration; noted the minor difference in how the two outlets described the setting.

  6. Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:33

    Removed the bare weekday reference: the timing attributed to CNN now reads "earlier in the day, before the account published by the Times of Oman," with an explicit note that the available reporting gives no calendar date. No date was invented. Casualty figures (6 killed, 20 injured), the enrolment figure (around 3,000), the suspect's condition, the responding agencies and the prime minister's quote are unchanged and still attributed as in the fact set. The victim breakdown moved out of the dek and is attributed in the body to the Times of Oman report.

  7. Version 17 Aug 2026, 13:27

    First published.

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