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Six killed, 15 injured in shooting at Thai high school, police say

Royal Thai Police put the toll at six dead and 15 injured at Debsirin Nonthaburi School outside Bangkok, with officials giving differing accounts of the suspect's condition.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:54 a.m. ET
people were killed and injured in a shooting at in , , according to Royal Thai Police spokesperson Trairong Piwpan, who spoke to The Associated Press and to Channel 3. WRVO attributed the toll of to . The figure of injured was reported by WJCT News, the Brandon Sun and Japan Today, all citing the police spokesperson. Most outlets, including NPR member stations WDIY, KSMU, WKMS, WKNO, WMRA, WVIK, KBIA, TSPR, Northern Public Radio, Delaware Public Media, WEMU, KNAU, WUKY, KENW, KRCU, YPR, KNPR, Kansas Public Radio, WGCU, KLCC, WAMC, WUWF, WRVO and South Carolina Public Radio, along with Yahoo News, Japan Today, WCLK and APR, dated the shooting Aug. 7, 2026; KRMG reported it as Aug. , 2026. Deputy Interior Minister Polapee Suwunchwee said five teachers died, and that the shooter killed his two grandparents at home before going to the school, according to WJCT News. Officials have not released the identities of those killed or injured. It was a school day at the high school outside Bangkok, and students were in class. Yahoo News, Northern Public Radio, WEMU, WGCU, KRCU, WRVO and Japan Today reported students were inside classrooms when gunshots were heard from another building; KBIA reported students hid in a classroom as gunshots were heard from another building, and KNAU and KAWC reported a witness said students hid inside a classroom while hearing gunshots from another building; Delaware Public Media, WBAA, TSPR and WCLK also reported students were inside classrooms when gunshots were heard; WVIK, WDIY, WUKY, KSMU, YPR, WAMC, KLCC, KJZZ, KACU, WCSU, Kansas Public Radio, KMXT and news.wfsu.org reported students were in classrooms on a school day; and WKMS reported students were in class. KNPR reported students and teachers were at the school, and Newsday reported students were attending the school in province. About an hour after the shooting, people stood outside the school comforting one another while police and first responders walked around inside, The Associated Press reported. Accounts of the suspect's condition differ. Yahoo News, Japan Today, WKMS, WKNO, WMRA, WVIK, KBIA, TSPR, KSMU, APR, KENW, WEMU, KNAU, WUKY, WCLK, KRMG, KRCU, YPR, KNPR, South Carolina Public Radio, Northern Public Radio, Delaware Public Media, WDIY, WUWF, news.wfsu.org, KLCC, WAMC, KJZZ, KMXT, KACU, KAWC, WCSU, WBAA, Newsday, Kansas Public Radio, WRVO and WJCT News reported the person as . WGCU and the Brandon Sun reported both accounts: Deputy Interior Minister Polapee Suwunchwee said the shooter died at a hospital, while police spokesperson Trairong Piwpan said the shooter was being hospitalized in serious condition. The Royal Thai Police are the responding agency, and officials described the location at the level of the school itself. The circumstances of the shooting have not been determined, and police have not stated a motive. Counts of this kind are commonly revised. No official instruction to the public, and no official channel for updates, was included in the information available. This report will be updated as authorities release more.

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Revision history

  1. Version 267 Aug 2026, 14:54current

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

  2. Version 257 Aug 2026, 14:53

    No new facts; text unchanged and source list verified against the fact set.

  3. Version 247 Aug 2026, 14:27

    No new facts; text unchanged from v23.

  4. Version 237 Aug 2026, 13:37

    No new facts; headline and standfirst tightened to lead with the toll, date and attribution.

  5. Version 227 Aug 2026, 13:23

    No new facts from authorities; wording tightened and attributions rechecked, with the disputed date and the conflicting accounts of the suspect's condition retained.

  6. Version 217 Aug 2026, 13:02

    Added WRVO's separate attribution of the death toll to police via AP, and folded in KAWC, WCSU and KNPR setting and suspect-status accounts.

  7. Version 207 Aug 2026, 12:57

    No new facts; wording unchanged from v19.

  8. Version 197 Aug 2026, 12:48

    Added Newsday, WBAA, KJZZ, KMXT and KACU to the attribution of setting and suspect-status accounts; no change to casualty figures.

  9. Version 187 Aug 2026, 12:42

    Restructured for clarity: moved the note that victims' identities have not been released up beside the Deputy Interior Minister's account; no new facts.

  10. Version 177 Aug 2026, 12:02

    No new facts; wording and sourcing unchanged from v16.

  11. Version 167 Aug 2026, 11:53

    Added newly citing outlets (KLCC, WAMC, WUWF, WFSU, Kansas Public Radio, WGCU) to the date, setting and suspect-status attributions; no new facts.

  12. Version 157 Aug 2026, 11:18

    Added WGCU alongside the Brandon Sun on the conflicting suspect-condition accounts, naming both the deputy minister's and the police spokesperson's statements.

  13. Version 147 Aug 2026, 11:12

    Added KRCU, YPR, KNPR and South Carolina Public Radio to the outlet attributions for the date, setting and suspect-status details; no new facts.

  14. Version 137 Aug 2026, 10:53

    Added the date discrepancy (KRMG dating the shooting Aug. 6 against Aug. 7 elsewhere) and expanded the list of outlets reporting the suspect deceased.

  15. Version 127 Aug 2026, 10:47

    Added WCLK to the outlets cited for the death toll, the classroom accounts and the suspect's reported death.

  16. Version 117 Aug 2026, 10:12

    Added WEMU, KNAU and WUKY to the outlets cited for the death toll, suspect status and classroom accounts, including KNAU's witness account.

  17. Version 107 Aug 2026, 10:07

    Added KENW to the outlets reporting the toll and the suspect's status; clarified in the setting paragraph that it was a school day.

  18. Version 97 Aug 2026, 09:33

    Added APR to the outlets reporting the death toll and the suspect's status; minor wording tightened.

  19. Version 87 Aug 2026, 09:26

    Added KSMU and TSPR to the attribution lists for the casualty figures, setting accounts and suspect status.

  20. Version 77 Aug 2026, 09:22

    Added WMRA, WVIK, KBIA and Northern Public Radio to the attribution for the death toll and suspect status, and included KBIA's account of students hiding in a classroom.

  21. Version 67 Aug 2026, 09:07

    Added WDIY to the outlets attributed for the death toll, setting description and suspect status.

  22. Version 57 Aug 2026, 09:01

    Added the deputy interior minister's statement that five teachers died, moved his account higher, and added WJCT and Delaware Public Media to the attributions for the casualty figures and suspect's status.

  23. Version 47 Aug 2026, 08:57

    Added NPR member stations WKMS and WKNO to the attribution for the death toll and the suspect's reported condition, and noted WKMS's account of students being in class.

  24. Version 37 Aug 2026, 07:22

    Suspect now reported deceased by two outlets, with the Brandon Sun's hospitalized account retained as the competing figure; added Japan Today's corroboration of the casualty figures and Trairong Piwpan's statements to AP and Channel 3.

  25. Version 27 Aug 2026, 07:12

    Added six killed per police spokesperson, the school-day setting and AP scene account, the deputy interior minister's statement about two grandparents killed at home, and the conflict between outlets over whether the suspect is hospitalized or deceased.

  26. Version 17 Aug 2026, 06:42

    First published.

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