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Five killed, 30 injured in shooting at school near Bangkok, police say

Police said five people died and 30 were hurt at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Bang Kruai district on Friday, 7 August 2026; officials have not released the identities of the victims.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 8, 2026, 11:13 p.m. ET
people were killed in a shooting on Friday, 7 August 2026, at in Bang Kruai district on the outskirts of Bangkok, according to police, as reported by Channel News Asia, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, WAtoday and the Brisbane Times. Those mastheads reported that people were injured. Officials have not released the identities of those killed or hurt. The Sydney Morning Herald reported the incident is no longer active. It was a school day and students were in classes when the shooting began. The Age, WAtoday, the Brisbane Times and The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the second school period was almost over by 10am, with some students given permission to go downstairs to submit finished work to their teacher's office; Channel News Asia reported that students were in lessons at the secondary school when the shooting occurred. Wannapa, a 15-year-old student, told the Nine mastheads she was among that handful of students, and that she and about 50 others hunkered down in the school assembly hall until police arrived, 15 minutes to half an hour after the shooting began. Police, including officers from Plai Bang police station, responded. Police said a 14-year-old boy killed his grandparents at their shared home on Friday morning before going to the school, and that officers discovered this when they searched the home hours later, according to the Nine mastheads. A neighbour at the grandparents' home, who declined to give her name, said she heard two loud bangs early on Friday morning. The boy is dead. , according to The Age, WAtoday, the Brisbane Times and The Sydney Morning Herald; Channel News Asia reported that he . 's Prime Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, said of the boy's grandmother that she "used to be a teacher and she was quite strict on him about studying," Channel News Asia reported. Police have not stated a motive, and the sequence of events has not been fully established. The outlets described the school's location differently: Channel News Asia placed it in , while The Age, WAtoday, the Brisbane Times and The Sydney Morning Herald identified it as in , on the northwestern fringes of Bangkok. Figures reported early may be revised.

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  1. Version 39 Aug 2026, 03:13current

    Added the Brisbane Times as a corroborating source for the casualty figures, setting and account of the suspect's death, and specified the 10am timing of the second school period.

  2. Version 29 Aug 2026, 03:08

    Added that the incident is no longer active per The Sydney Morning Herald, broadened attribution to include WAtoday and the SMH, and clarified the setting accounts.

  3. Version 19 Aug 2026, 02:54

    First published.

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