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Six killed and 20 wounded in shooting at school in Thailand's Nonthaburi province

Police put the toll at six dead and 20 injured at Debsirin Nonthaburi School, north of Bangkok, while accounts of the suspect and the date differ between outlets.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:13 p.m. ET
people were killed and wounded in a shooting at in the , north of Bangkok, according to figures given by and reported by keyt.com, ktvz.com, cnn.com, kvia.com, abc17news.com and kesq.com. tribune.com.pk, attributing its figures to police and to Lieutenant General Trairong Phophan of the National Police, reported injured. All seven outlets report killed. Officials have not released the identities of those killed or wounded. It was a school day. The school is described by keyt.com, ktvz.com, cnn.com, kvia.com, abc17news.com and kesq.com as a well-known secondary school of about 3,000 students. cnn.com reported that one student was in an English class when gunfire began, kesq.com described the school as located on a busy highway, abc17news.com reported that classes were under way and students were told to lock down in their classrooms, and tribune.com.pk reported that students and teachers evacuated as the wounded were taken to ambulances. Accounts of the date differ: kesq.com, cnn.com and tribune.com.pk place the shooting on August 7, 2026, while keyt.com, ktvz.com and abc17news.com report it as August , 2026. CNN said the shooting began at about 10 a.m. local time. Thailand's Central Investigation Bureau said the "situation is now under control." The bureau, Thai police and a provincial Emergency Operations Center responded, and keyt.com, ktvz.com, kvia.com, abc17news.com and kesq.com report the incident is no longer active. Accounts of the suspect conflict. tribune.com.pk and abc17news.com reported the suspect as , with tribune.com.pk recording the manner of death as and abc17news.com reporting that he ; kvia.com reported Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul as saying the suspect died after turning the weapon on himself. ktvz.com, keyt.com, cnn.com and kesq.com reported police as saying the suspect was in critical condition and receiving emergency treatment in hospital, with kesq.com reporting police describing the suspected gunman as 14 years old, a detail not given in the other accounts. No motive has been established, and officials have not said what led to the shooting. Anutin expressed sadness over the tragedy on Friday afternoon, according to CNN. "This is horrible, it shouldn't have happened," he said, adding that he was "very sad that this has happened. I'm not only sad for the , I'm sad by the fact that this kind of incident could happen in our country." He also referred to "why the government does not permit the extension of firearms possession." The figures reported so far may be revised.

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Revision history

  1. Version 78 Aug 2026, 02:13current

    Added abc17news.com reporting — 20 injured, six killed, an August 6 date, a classroom lockdown instruction, and the suspect described as deceased — and reweighted the suspect-status conflict accordingly.

  2. Version 67 Aug 2026, 15:12

    Deleted the closing 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline paragraph. All reporting, attributions, conflicting figures (20 vs. 15 injured; Aug. 7 vs. Aug. 6; suspect hospitalized in critical condition vs. deceased by self-inflicted gunshot), quotes and sources are unchanged.

  3. Version 57 Aug 2026, 14:42

    Added kvia.com as a source, including its report of the prime minister saying the suspect died after turning the weapon on himself, and updated outlet attributions accordingly.

  4. Version 47 Aug 2026, 12:14current

    Added tribune.com.pk's conflicting figure of 15 injured, its report that the suspect is deceased with a self-inflicted manner of death, its evacuation detail and its August 7 dating; appended crisis resources line.

  5. Version 37 Aug 2026, 11:21

    Added ktvz.com to the sourcing on casualties and the date conflict, noted outlets reporting the incident is no longer active, and attributed the suspect's condition to the specific outlets.

  6. Version 27 Aug 2026, 10:23

    Added the August 6/7 date disagreement between outlets, police description of the suspect as 14 years old (per kesq.com), further quotes from the Thai prime minister, and additional setting detail from CNN and kesq.com.

  7. Version 17 Aug 2026, 09:16

    First published.

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