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Eight killed, 14 injured in shooting at Thai school and family home

A 14-year-old student opened fire on Friday morning at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, and at his home, according to the Canberra Times; the figures below are as reported on Saturday.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 9, 2026, 11:18 p.m. ET
people were killed and injured in a shooting at in , and at a family home, according to figures reported by the Canberra Times as of . Those are the latest figures on the record; no further reporting has been published since that account, and this story reflects what was known at that point. The Canberra Times described the setting in more than one way. In one account, the shooting happened on a Friday morning at the school and at the boy's family home; in another, a student opened fire at the high school and at his home outside Bangkok; a third account described only a school day at . All three describe the same institution: a co-educational state school with about 3,000 students enrolled, aged 12 to 18. The outlet reported that a 14-year-old opened fire at the school on Friday morning before, in its words, ""; elsewhere the same outlet wrote that he "." The suspect is . Officials said that earlier the same morning the 14-year-old appeared to have killed his two grandparents at his family home. Officials have not released the identities of those killed or injured, and no name has been officially confirmed for the student. Police have not stated a motive, and the circumstances have not been determined. On the closure of the school, the Canberra Times gave two versions and neither is qualified as the more authoritative. In one, . In the other, all classes at were suspended between August 10-14, with school staff instructed to work from home, without the school named as the source of the announcement. Bangkok's Institute of Forensic Medicine is the agency named in the response.

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  1. Version 210 Aug 2026, 03:18current

    Removed the "developing" label from the dek and body, and deleted the claims that the toll "has risen" and "has been revised as reporting continues" — neither is in the fact set, and the sole source is a fixed Saturday account. Added an explicit note that the figures are as of Saturday and that nothing further has been reported since. Expanded the setting and school-closure passages to name both/all conflicting source versions rather than choosing one, kept "August 10-14" exactly as given, and retained both wordings of the manner-of-death phrasing.

  2. Version 110 Aug 2026, 02:53

    First published.

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