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Thai Government Pledges Tighter Gun Controls After Two Shootings Near Bangkok

Police said at least eight people were killed and more than 20 injured in an Aug. 7 shooting at a school and a family home in Nonthaburi province; officials have announced a review of firearms permits.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 12, 2026, 6:57 a.m. ET
At least people were killed and more than injured in a shooting at a high school and a family home in , on , Aug. 7, according to figures police gave as of that were reported by WSLS, ClickOnDetroit, the Winnipeg Free Press, The Canberra Times and The Hindu. Police said a student opened fire at his high school and at the family home. Police said the person responsible apparently took his own life; WSLS, The Canberra Times and The Hindu reported the police account as "apparently taking his own life," ClickOnDetroit as "," and the Winnipeg Free Press as "apparently took his own life." Police have not released the identities of those killed or injured. Officials have described the location only at the level of the , as reported by the Winnipeg Free Press, ClickOnDetroit and The Canberra Times; WSLS reported the location at the level of a , and The Hindu identified the school as in . The differences between those accounts have not been resolved. Police were among the responding agencies, according to WSLS, The Canberra Times and The Hindu. Three days later, a former lawmaker was arrested after a shooting at a government office in Nonthaburi that killed one person and injured another, according to The Associated Press. No further details of that case were available in the material reviewed. On Tuesday, Aug. 11, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ordered an urgent review of gun regulations, including a suspension of new permits to purchase firearms and a review of existing permits, according to a statement from the Government House. On Wednesday, government spokeswoman Lalida Persvivatana said in a statement that the government was working to strengthen gun regulations and crack down on illegal firearms, with the aim "to find ways to remove guns from people's daily lives as much as possible and make Thai society safer." Casualty figures early in an incident are often revised. No official account of why either shooting happened has been released.

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  1. Version 612 Aug 2026, 10:57current

    Added headline and standfirst, credited ClickOnDetroit in the casualty and location attributions and its wording of the police account, and noted police as a responding agency.

  2. Version 512 Aug 2026, 10:09

    Added The Hindu's identification of the school and district, the Aug. 11 date for the prime minister's order and its review of existing permits.

  3. Version 412 Aug 2026, 09:13

    Added the sourced disagreement over the location's granularity (province vs. city) and the differing wordings of the police account of the suspect's death; credited WSLS alongside the other outlets on the casualty figures.

  4. Version 312 Aug 2026, 07:52

    Added "as of Friday" qualifier to the casualty figures, noted both outlets attributed the suspect's death to police, and restored the spokeswoman's Wednesday statement wording as given.

  5. Version 212 Aug 2026, 07:13

    Removed the unsourced crisis helpline line, added Canberra Times attribution to the police casualty figures, and tightened the closing note.

  6. Version 112 Aug 2026, 06:52

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