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Families collect eight bodies after shooting at Thai high school

Seven people were killed and 16 hospitalised after a shooting on Friday morning at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province, with relatives retrieving the bodies on Saturday afternoon.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 9, 2026, 1:58 a.m. ET
people were killed and wounded in a shooting on Friday morning at , a high school in province northwest of Bangkok, The Canberra Times and PerthNow reported. Both outlets attributed the hospitalisation figures to the health ministry as of Saturday; The Canberra Times reported the health ministry as saying that of the hospitalised, were in a critical condition, and did not attribute the number killed. It was a school day with students present. In The Canberra Times' accounts, those wounded included students aged 12 to 14 — one description said most of the wounded were aged 12 to 14, another that students aged 12 to 14 were among those wounded. Accounts in both outlets also state that the family home was involved earlier the same morning. Early afternoon, all eight bodies were collected by relatives from Bangkok's Institute of Forensic Medicine, according to The Canberra Times and PerthNow. The Australian Associated Press described the eight as five school staff members, the alleged shooter and his grandparents. Officials have not released the identities of those killed. The shooting was carried out by a 14-year-old schoolboy who then , the outlets reported, citing the Australian Associated Press. Officials said the boy appeared to have killed his two grandparents at the family home earlier that Friday morning. No further detail on those findings has been released. . Casualty figures reported early may be revised. If you or someone you know is struggling, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available 24 hours a day: call or text 988.

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Revision history

  1. Version 89 Aug 2026, 05:58current

    Clarified the conflicting descriptions of the wounded students' ages and noted that early casualty figures may be revised; wording tightened throughout.

  2. Version 79 Aug 2026, 05:24

    Tightened the setting description to state plainly that it was a school day with students present; no new facts.

  3. Version 69 Aug 2026, 05:00

    Added the health ministry detail, via The Canberra Times, that seven of the 16 hospitalised were in a critical condition, and noted that outlet did not attribute the death toll.

  4. Version 59 Aug 2026, 04:37

    Added PerthNow attribution alongside The Canberra Times for the casualty figures, setting and body collection, and noted students were present.

  5. Version 49 Aug 2026, 04:32

    Headline and dek rewritten to lead with the victims and the retrieval of the bodies; body unchanged in substance.

  6. Version 39 Aug 2026, 04:00

    Added AAP's description of the eight bodies as five school staff members, the alleged shooter and his grandparents, and the account that shots were also fired at the family home earlier that morning.

  7. Version 29 Aug 2026, 03:52

    Added that relatives collected the bodies, noted the school's location northwest of Bangkok, and presented the conflicting descriptions of the wounded students' ages as a sourced range.

  8. Version 19 Aug 2026, 03:32

    First published.

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