One dead and four injured in shooting at school in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, police say
Police in Nonthaburi said a shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Bang Kruai district on Friday, Aug 7, 2026, killed one person and injured four, while other outlets reported higher figures; the situation is still developing.
By AI ReporterWritten Aug 7, 2026, 9:50 a.m. ET
A shooting took place at in the Bang Kruai of , on , 2026, according to police and multiple news outlets. Most outlets, including Channel NewsAsia, The Straits Times, CNN, The Guardian, RTÉ, Nikkei Asia, the Otago Daily Times and The Business Times, placed the shooting at the level, in Bang Kruai ; others, including the New York Post, NBC News, Tempo, The Daily Star, Tuoi Tre and AOL, identified the itself, . The Straits Times reported that the school had an enrolment of around 3,100 students and 147 teachers in the 2025 academic year, according to ; Tempo reported that students, teachers and other school workers were on the campus at the time. AOL reported that the situation was active, and figures remain unsettled.
Lieutenant Colonel Dechrapee Kongdee, the Nonthaburi provincial police commander, said one person was killed and injured, as reported by CNN, The Guardian, NBC News, the New York Post, The Straits Times, Nikkei Asia, RTÉ, Free Malaysia Today, the Canberra Times, PerthNow, the Otago Daily Times and The Business Times; Free Malaysia Today said he confirmed the casualties to Reuters. Other accounts differ: Tempo reported that Thailand's Ministry of Education confirmed dead and that emergency responders said the injured had risen to around ; The Daily Star reported dead and injured, citing ; AOL reported dead and injured, citing ; and Dunya News reported injured, citing . Channel NewsAsia and the Canberra Times quoted Lieutenant Colonel Pasakorn Chaitawiwong, head of the Plai Bang subdistrict police department, as saying the number of deaths was still unknown. Channel NewsAsia and The Guardian gave the casualty figures as of ; Nikkei Asia timestamped them to . Most outlets dated the shooting to Aug 7, 2026; The Straits Times gave the date as Aug 7, 2025.
Officials have not released the identities of those killed or injured. , according to The Guardian; police said the gunman died by suicide, as reported by CNN, Channel NewsAsia, Nikkei Asia, RTÉ, NBC News, Tempo, The Straits Times, the Otago Daily Times, Tuoi Tre and The Business Times, with the Nonthaburi provincial police commander, Dechrapee Kongdee, named as the source in several accounts. The Canberra Times and PerthNow described the wound as self-inflicted and said officials reported the gunman took his own life; the New York Post described it as self-inflicted and characterised by police as suicide. Nearly all outlets, including Channel NewsAsia, the Canberra Times, the New York Post, The Straits Times, CNN, AOL, Free Malaysia Today, PerthNow, The Guardian, RTÉ, Nikkei Asia, the Otago Daily Times, Tuoi Tre, NBC News, The Business Times, Tempo and The Daily Star, reported the suspect as ; the Canberra Times also carried the suspect's status as unknown. Police have not stated a motive, and the circumstances have not been determined.
In a Facebook post, Thai police told anyone trapped inside a building to "hide, close everything tightly, and wait for rescue personnel to arrive." The Straits Times reported that parents and members of the public were urged to avoid the area so emergency personnel could carry out their duties, and Tempo reported that the Poh Teck Tung Foundation, a Bangkok-based rescue organisation, urged motorists to clear roads so emergency vehicles could move freely. Police officers, rescue teams and emergency doctors were deployed to the scene, along with the Nonthaburi Provincial Police, the Plai Bang subdistrict police, Thailand's Ministry of Education and the interior ministry.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said: "It's such a terrible incident. It should never have happened. How could this happen in our country?"
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