Death toll from Thai school shooting reported at between five and seven; 23 injured
Reports conflict on the number killed in the August 7 attack at Debsirin Nonthaburi School and at a house in Bang Bua Thong, Thailand; officials have not released the identities of the victims.
By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 8, 2026, 9:28 p.m. ET
Between and people were killed and were injured in a shooting on August , 2026, involving a house in , , and the , according to conflicting reports: whbl.com reported killed in figures given as of noon, while thestar.com.my reported killed and at least injured, citing a police breakdown of those killed, as of . Both outlets reported injured. Accounts of the setting also differ: whbl.com reported that classes were in session, with a 14-year-old student's first class beginning at 8:30 a.m. and a second at 9:20 a.m., while thestar.com.my reported that schoolmates and teachers were at the school when shots were fired. Officials have not released the identities of those killed or injured. The figures are early and remain subject to revision.
Police Colonel Thadsakorn Konthong, superintendent of Police Station, said the 14-year-old killed his elderly grandparents at their house in at around a.m. local time (2200 GMT Thursday). Of an initial inspection at the house, Thadsakorn said: "An initial inspection found signs that the firearm had been searched for inside the grandfather's bedroom." Police Major General Dejrapee Kongdee, commander of the Nonthaburi Provincial Police, said: "The attacker shot and killed both of them on the staircase." Pannatorn Temrak, headman of the Bangkurad subdistrict where the grandparents lived, said of the couple: "They loved each other very much."
By police estimate, the shooting at the school began about half an hour into the second class of the day. Plai Bang Police Station, which oversees the area where the school is located, received a call about a shooting at 9:57 a.m., according to an official cited in the reporting. At around 10:40 a.m., Dejrapee said, police found the 14-year-old on the fourth floor of a school building, where he had already shot himself. "He was still alive, so they performed CPR and rushed him to the hospital," Dejrapee said. , according to thestar.com.my; whbl.com reported the injury as . Police have said the suspect is . Dejrapee said the student "was described as quiet, not very sociable, and fairly good academically."
No motive has been established, and police have not said what led to the attack. The Straits Times, in reporting relayed by thestar.com.my, said it understands the teenager was locked in a toilet by some other students a day before the incident; that account has not been stated by police and officials have not connected it to what happened.
Police Station, Plai Bang Police Station and the Nonthaburi Provincial Police are among the responding agencies, with investigators working on the case. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said: "As much as possible, we have to create an atmosphere of safety." Education Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong said school security would be "significantly strengthened." This is a developing story and the accounts above reflect what officials have stated so far.
Added conflicting death toll (five per whbl.com, seven per thestar.com.my), the education minister's and subdistrict headman's statements, the Straits Times account of the teenager being locked in a toilet the previous day, and the conflicting setting descriptions; removed the unsourced crisis helpline line.
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