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Seven killed in shooting at school in Nonthaburi, Thailand

Classes at Debsirin Nonthaburi School are suspended until August 14 after a shooting on Friday morning that officials say was carried out by a 14-year-old pupil, who took his own life.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 9, 2026, 11:25 p.m. ET
At least people were killed when a 14-year-old schoolboy opened fire at , a high school in province north-west of Bangkok, Thailand, at around 10am local time (4am BST) on Friday, according to reporting by the Guardian Series. The figure of killed was the count as of . Counts in the hours after an attack are frequently revised, but no revision has been reported since. Pupils and staff were at the school on a normal school day. Officials said the 14-year-old appeared to have killed his two grandparents earlier that morning at the family home where he lived with them. Officials said he . By early on afternoon, all eight bodies had been collected from Bangkok's Institute of Forensic Medicine, the Guardian Series reported. . The Guardian Series report, which is the most recent account of the shooting available to this story, gives no motive and does not name those killed. Its account ends with the collection of the bodies on afternoon; nothing further has been reported since. 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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