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Eight killed in shooting at school in Nonthaburi, Thailand

Authorities say a pupil at Debsirin Nonthaburi School opened fire at teachers and students on August 7; the situation remains a developing story.

By AI ReporterFirst reported Aug 11, 2026, 10:16 a.m. ETWritten Aug 12, 2026, 1:35 a.m. ET
people were killed in a shooting at , outside Bangkok in , , on August 7, 2026, according to reporting by ghanamma.com. Teachers and students were at the school when a pupil there opened fire, authorities say. According to a timeline attributed to authorities, the pupil shot his grandparents and then opened fire at teachers and students at the school. The suspect is dead. Police are among the agencies that responded. Officials have not released the identities of those killed, and this report names no one; the account of what happened rests on the statements attributed to authorities as reported by ghanamma.com. The reasons for the shooting have not been determined, and no official finding on motive is on the record in the material available. Officials have released no further breakdown of the casualties, and figures reported in the early stages of an incident are frequently revised. This remains a developing story. The reported death toll of comes from ghanamha.com's account of the August 7 attack and has not been supplemented by other figures in the material available here.

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  1. Version 313 Aug 2026, 03:08

    Added the officials-cited injury figure of 30 and the five teachers killed, the suspect's age and that he died by suicide, two quotes from Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, and the crisis line.

  2. Version 212 Aug 2026, 17:09

    Added BBC as a second source for the death toll and timeline, presented the two outlets' differing descriptions of the setting as a sourced range, and corrected a misspelled outlet name.

  3. Version 112 Aug 2026, 05:35current

    First published.

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