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

A Royal Thai Police spokesman said six people were killed at Debsirin Nonthaburi School, with official injury figures ranging from 15 to 22.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:18 a.m. ET
people were killed at , a high school outside Bangkok, according to figures given by a Royal Thai Police spokesman and reported by the Oxford Mail, the Halesowen News, the Barry and District News, the East Lothian Courier, the Darlington and Stockton Times, the Weston Mercury, the Chester Standard, the St Helens Star, the Bury Times, the Wimbledon Guardian, the Warrington Guardian, the Leader Live, the Asian Image, the North Wales Pioneer, the Surrey Comet, the Greenock Telegraph, the Cotswold Journal, the Bromsgrove Advertiser, the Keighley News and the Kidderminster Shuttle. Official injury figures differ: a police spokesman told broadcaster Channel 3 that people were injured, while health minister Pattana Promphat separately said 22 people were injured, nine of them critically, according to the same outlets. The Warrington Guardian and the Bromsgrove Advertiser reported the minister's figure of 22 injured without a critical count. Figures at this stage are commonly revised. Officials have not released the identities of those killed or injured. Accounts of the setting differ in detail. The Kidderminster Shuttle, the Bury Times, the Wimbledon Guardian, the Greenock Telegraph, the Swindon Advertiser and the Darlington and Stockton Times reported that it was a school day and that pupils were inside classrooms when gunshots were heard, several of them adding that they came from another building. The Halesowen News, the East Lothian Courier, the Oxford Mail, the North Wales Pioneer, the Cotswold Journal, the Leader Live, the South Wales Argus and the Warrington Guardian reported that pupils were in classrooms, or that pupils and teachers were present, when a student shot several people. The Barry and District News, the St Helens Star, the Gazette and Herald and the Weston Mercury reported that pupils and teachers were present; the St Helens Star and the Asian Image reported a witness describing pupils inside a classroom, and the Bromsgrove Advertiser reported a witness saying pupils hid in a classroom during the gunshots. Most outlets placed the school in , with the Halesowen News, the Leader Live, the Basingstoke Gazette, the Ipswich Star, the Impartial Reporter, the Ludlow Advertiser and the Westmorland Gazette describing the province as north-west of Bangkok, and the Barry and District News, the Westmorland Gazette and the Bromsgrove Advertiser giving the city as . Officials have identified the location at the level of the . About an hour after the shooting, images from the scene published by AP showed people standing outside the school comforting one another, and police and first responders walking around inside the school, according to the Oxford Mail, the Wimbledon Guardian, the Gazette and Herald, the Warrington Guardian, the Bicester Advertiser, the Harwich and Manningtree Standard, the Ludlow Advertiser, the Lancashire Telegraph and the St Helens Star. The Royal Thai Police is the responding agency named in the reporting, alongside first responders. Deputy interior minister Polapee Suwunchwee said the shooter died in hospital; a police spokesman had earlier said the shooter was in a serious condition in hospital, according to the outlets. Mr Polapee also said that before going to the school the shooter killed his two grandparents at home. No motive has been established and officials have not said what led to the shooting. Further details, including any account of how the attack unfolded, have not been released.

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  1. Version 267 Aug 2026, 14:18current

    No new official information; headline and standfirst rewritten to state the location and the 15-to-22 injury discrepancy, wording otherwise unchanged.

  2. Version 257 Aug 2026, 13:19

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  3. Version 247 Aug 2026, 12:58

    Added headline and standfirst summarising the police death toll and the conflicting official injury figures; clarified Channel 3 as a broadcaster; body otherwise unchanged.

  4. Version 237 Aug 2026, 12:52

    Added the Westmorland Gazette to the outlets locating the province north-west of Bangkok and giving the city as Nonthaburi, and the Lancashire Telegraph to those reporting the scene images.

  5. Version 227 Aug 2026, 12:33

    No new facts; wording and sourcing unchanged from previous version.

  6. Version 217 Aug 2026, 12:03

    No new facts; wording unchanged, headline and standfirst clarified to reflect the range in official injury figures.

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    No new facts; headline and standfirst added, story text otherwise unchanged.

  8. Version 197 Aug 2026, 11:53

    Added the Ipswich Star and Impartial Reporter to the outlets placing the province north-west of Bangkok; no change to casualty figures.

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    Added further outlets to the setting, location and scene-images attributions; no change to casualty figures or official statements.

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    No new facts; text unchanged from v14.

  13. Version 147 Aug 2026, 11:29

    Clarified that the 15-injured figure came from a police spokesman speaking to Channel 3, and added the Ludlow Advertiser to the outlets placing the province north-west of Bangkok.

  14. Version 137 Aug 2026, 11:12

    Added the Keighley News to the outlets carrying the police casualty figures; no change to reported facts.

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    No new facts from sources; story re-verified and headline and standfirst added, with figures and attributions unchanged.

  16. Version 117 Aug 2026, 11:03

    No new facts; added headline and standfirst summarising the police toll and the differing official injury figures.

  17. Version 107 Aug 2026, 10:57

    No new official facts; added the Cotswold Journal, Gazette and Herald and Bromsgrove Advertiser to the attribution lists for the casualty figures, setting accounts and scene images.

  18. Version 97 Aug 2026, 10:52

    Added the Bromsgrove Advertiser's witness account of pupils hiding in a classroom and its reference to Nonthaburi city; no change to casualty figures.

  19. Version 87 Aug 2026, 10:47

    Added the Greenock Telegraph to the outlets carrying the police casualty figures and the classroom account; no change to figures or official statements.

  20. Version 77 Aug 2026, 10:42

    Added the Leader Live, Asian Image, North Wales Pioneer and Surrey Comet to the outlets carrying the police and setting accounts; no change to official figures.

  21. Version 67 Aug 2026, 10:37

    No new facts; headline and standfirst added, body unchanged.

  22. Version 57 Aug 2026, 10:32

    Added the Warrington Guardian's variant of the health minister's injury figure, folded in Bury Times and Wimbledon Guardian attributions, and moved the line on unreleased victim identities higher.

  23. Version 47 Aug 2026, 10:27

    Added AP scene images described about an hour after the shooting, and added St Helens Star and Bury Times attributions.

  24. Version 37 Aug 2026, 10:02

    Suspect status updated: deputy interior minister said the shooter died in hospital after a police spokesman earlier described him as in a serious condition; Chester Standard added as a source.

  25. Version 27 Aug 2026, 09:57

    Added health minister Pattana Promphat's separate figure of 22 injured including nine critical alongside the police figure of 15, added Weston Mercury and Kidderminster Shuttle attributions and their setting accounts, and noted first responders among responding agencies.

  26. Version 17 Aug 2026, 09:52

    First published.

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