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Thailand school shooting toll rises to nine after death of 12-year-old girl

Police in Nonthaburi Province said the girl's death on Saturday raised the toll from Friday's shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School to nine, with sources differing on how many remain hospitalised.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 10, 2026, 11:05 p.m. ET
people have died following a shooting on Friday, August 7, 2026, at in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province, north of Bangkok, according to Channel NewsAsia and APA. Police at the Plai Bang Police Station said the toll rose to on Saturday after a 12-year-old girl who was caught up in the shooting died, according to The Star and GDN Online. Channel NewsAsia reported that the schoolgirl died from critical wounds after hospitalisation on Saturday, August 8, citing Thailand's Health Ministry. Officials have not released the identities of those killed or injured. Tempo reported that the incident is no longer active. Accounts of the source and timing of the latest figures differ. Big News Network, Thailand News and Laos News attribute the toll of to , and reported that as the position as of ; The Star and GDN Online attribute the figure to police at the Plai Bang Police Station, and The Star dates its report to . Big News Network and Channel NewsAsia reported that people remained hospitalised as of , while Tempo put the number of injured at . On Friday, Thai national police spokesperson Trairong Phiwphan said seven people had been killed, including the gunman, and 15 people wounded, as reported by APA, The Star and GDN Online. Descriptions of the setting also differ. Channel NewsAsia reported that it was , and that a 14-year-old student opened fire at the school at around 10am on Friday. Tempo similarly described a co-educational state school day northwest of Bangkok attended by about 3,000 students aged 12 to 18. APA reported that the school had an enrollment of around 3,100 students and 147 teachers in the 2025 academic year, and that students streamed out as ambulances operated. The Star reported it as a school shooting at in which the 14-year-old boy allegedly killed five people at his school. A lockdown at the school ended about minutes after being declared, with students evacuated from the premises, according to Tempo, which did not attribute the account to a named official. , according to The Star, GDN Online and APA; Channel NewsAsia described the death as , and Tempo reported that he . Police have said the suspect is . Officials said the 14-year-old appeared to have killed his two grandparents at his family home earlier in the morning. No motive has been stated by officials, and the reasons for the shooting have not been determined. Thai police said a press conference would be held on Sunday to announce preliminary investigation results. , as reported by Channel NewsAsia and Tempo. The agencies named in the reporting as responding are the Plai Bang Police Station in Nonthaburi Province, Thai police, Thailand's Health Ministry, the ministry of public health, the Interior Ministry and Bangkok's Institute of Forensic Medicine.

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Revision history

  1. Version 511 Aug 2026, 03:05current

    Added Tempo's conflicting injured figure of 30, its report that the incident is no longer active and that the lockdown ended about 30 minutes after being declared with students evacuated, plus the Interior Ministry among responding agencies.

  2. Version 411 Aug 2026, 02:58

    Added Laos News to the attribution of the toll-of-nine figure and the ministry of public health to the list of responding agencies; no figures changed.

  3. Version 311 Aug 2026, 01:52

    Added the Friday figures given by the national police spokesperson (seven killed including the gunman, 15 wounded), the Bang Kruai district location, and APA's school enrollment and scene details.

  4. Version 211 Aug 2026, 01:08

    Added Channel NewsAsia details (10am Friday timing, school profile, Health Ministry attribution, Aug 10-14 class suspension, Sunday preliminary-findings press conference, Institute of Forensic Medicine) and removed the unsourced support-services line.

  5. Version 110 Aug 2026, 02:54

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