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Between Four and Eight Killed in Shooting at Thai School, According to Conflicting Reports

Officials in Nonthaburi province gave differing tolls after the August 7 shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School, where the Canberra Times reported 14 people injured.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 9, 2026, 2:13 a.m. ET
Between and people were killed in a shooting at in , on August , 2026, according to conflicting reports. The Canberra Times reported dead as of Saturday, citing the , after the death of a girl. Free Malaysia Today reported killed as of , citing . The ABC reported dead, citing Education Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong and authorities; the minister did not specify whether the dead included the suspected gunman. None of the figures outweighs the others, and tolls given early in an incident are commonly revised. people were injured, the Canberra Times reported. The shooting took place on a morning at what the Canberra Times described as a co-educational state school with about 3,000 students enrolled, aged 12 to 18, during classes. The ABC, TimesLIVE and the Canberra Times placed the shooting at the school itself; Free Malaysia Today identified the location at the level of the , . Royal Thai police and Bangkok's Institute of Forensic Medicine were among the agencies responding, according to TimesLIVE and the Canberra Times. Officials have not released the identities of those killed or injured. No motive has been established, and no official information on one has been released. The Canberra Times reported that a 14-year-old student opened fire at the school on morning, and that officials said the same student appeared to have killed his two grandparents at the family home earlier that morning. , according to the ABC; Free Malaysia Today reported the same, attributing it to a police official, and the Canberra Times said he . Accounts of the suspect's status differ: the ABC, Free Malaysia Today and the Canberra Times reported the suspect as , while TimesLIVE's report left the status unknown. said all classes would be suspended between August 10 and and that staff were instructed to work from home, the Canberra Times reported. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said: "It's such a terrible incident. It should never have happened," and asked, "How could this happen in our country?" No further official detail on the circumstances has been released.

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Revision history

  1. Version 69 Aug 2026, 06:13current

    Attributed the eight-dead figure to the health ministry and noted the shooting occurred during classes; no change to the reported tolls.

  2. Version 59 Aug 2026, 06:08

    Added Canberra Times reporting of eight dead as of Saturday and 14 injured, school details and enrolment, the 14-year-old student and earlier deaths of two grandparents reported by officials, the forensic institute's involvement, and the school's August 10-14 class suspension.

  3. Version 48 Aug 2026, 00:04

    Added Free Malaysia Today's figure of seven dead as a sourced range against the ABC's four, noted the location-granularity disagreement, added FMT's corroboration of the suspect's death, and removed the unsourced crisis-support line.

  4. Version 37 Aug 2026, 13:34

    Added headline and standfirst; no change to the facts reported.

  5. Version 27 Aug 2026, 08:02

    Added the conflict between the ABC and TimesLIVE over the suspect's status, and noted Royal Thai police as a responding agency.

  6. Version 17 Aug 2026, 05:47

    First published.

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