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Nine killed, 23 injured in shooting at school outside Bangkok

Police say the violence on 7 August began at a home before moving to Debsirin Nonthaburi School; a cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterFirst reported Aug 7, 2026, 5:21 a.m. ETUpdated Aug 11, 2026, 1:13 a.m. ET
people were killed and injured in a shooting at in Bang Kruai district, Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, on Friday 7 August 2026. The figure of killed was reported by The Independent; the figure of injured was reported by both The Independent and The Star, whose count was current as of . The attack came during a school morning. The school has more than 3,000 students and nearly 150 teachers, described by The Independent as data from last year and by The Star as figures from the previous academic year; The Independent reported that students were in classrooms when shots were heard. Police said a 14-year-old student pulled out a gun and began shooting just before 10am local time (0300GMT). Over the next 40 minutes or so, three teachers and two school officials were killed, according to the account reported by The Independent. Police said the violence began earlier, at the teenager's grandparents' home, before he travelled to the school; at dawn, the alleged gunman shot dead his grandparents there. Reuters, cited in the coverage, described a rampage in which a 14-year-old boy allegedly shot dead his grandparents at home before killing another six people at his school. The suspect is dead. On how he died, sources differ: The Independent reported that he , while localnews8.com described the injury as . Officials have not released the identities of those killed or injured. Police, including a specialised unit, and Provincial Police Region 1 responded. Atthapol Anusit, deputy commissioner of the Provincial Police Region 1, said: "According to witness interviews, the perpetrator had begun showing interest in studying the use of firearms for some time, about one to two years." He also said: "After examining the PC, it was found that the child had watched social media content involving violence." Those are statements of what investigators have examined; a cause or motive has not been determined, and police have not stated one.

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Revision history

  1. Version 313 Aug 2026, 01:54

    Added BBC reporting: death toll now a sourced range of five to nine, the BBC's differing venue name, its attribution of the self-inflicted injury to authorities, and a statement from Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

  2. Version 211 Aug 2026, 05:13current

    Added per-outlet attribution and as-of date for casualty figures, The Star's account of school size, the Reuters-attributed summary, and the sourced disagreement over how the suspect died.

  3. Version 111 Aug 2026, 03:43

    First published.

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