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Six killed in shooting at high school in Nonthaburi province, Thailand

A Royal Thai Police spokesman said six people were killed and 15 injured at Debsirin Nonthaburi School; the health minister gave a different injured figure.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 9:54 a.m. ET
people were killed in a shooting at , a high school in province outside Bangkok, according to a Royal Thai Police spokesman quoted by the Dorset Echo, the Times Series, the Harrow Times and other outlets. The number of injured was given as by the police spokesman and as 22, with nine in a critical condition, by health minister Pattana Promphat, according to the same reporting; the two figures have not been reconciled. Teachers and pupils were at the school at the time. A witness quoted in that reporting said pupils were inside a classroom when they heard gunshots coming from another building. The Hampshire Chronicle's account described the location only as a high school outside Bangkok. Deputy interior minister Polapee Suwunchwee said the shooter killed his two grandparents at home before going to the school. Police have said the suspect is dead. No further details about the suspect have been released in the information available, and the circumstances of the shooting have not been determined. Images from the scene taken about an hour after the shooting showed people standing outside the school comforting one another, and police and first responders walking around inside, according to the Times Series, the Craven Herald and the Chelmsford Weekly News. The Royal Thai Police are responding. Officials have not released the identities of those killed or injured. Casualty figures in the hours after an incident are provisional and are frequently revised; the figures above are those attributed to the police spokesman and to the health minister by those outlets.

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  1. Version 77 Aug 2026, 13:54current

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

  2. Version 67 Aug 2026, 13:12

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

  3. Version 57 Aug 2026, 12:53

    Added the health minister's figure of nine critically injured among the 22, and added the Chelmsford Weekly News to the attribution for the scene images.

  4. Version 47 Aug 2026, 12:33

    Added the health minister's conflicting injured figure of 22 alongside the police figure of 15, and the deputy interior minister's statement that two grandparents were killed at home beforehand.

  5. Version 37 Aug 2026, 12:24

    Added witness account of gunshots heard from another building, the differing level of location detail between outlets, and scene images from about an hour after the shooting; widened source attribution.

  6. Version 27 Aug 2026, 12:17

    Added the Dorset Echo as a second outlet reporting the police spokesman's casualty figures and location.

  7. Version 17 Aug 2026, 11:07

    First published.

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