Published Aug 07, 2026 | 2:45 PM ⚊ Updated Aug 07, 2026 | 2:45 PM
Screngrab from the Thai school shooting site.
A ninth-grade student in Thailand killed his grandparents and five teachers at a school before turning the gun on himself on Friday.
The 14-year-old fired 26 rounds from his grandfather’s 9mm handgun, injuring 12 others at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School near Bangkok, the BBC reported.
Nine of the injured are reported to be in a critical condition. When the shooter’s body was found, an additional 34 rounds remained in the handgun.
A shocked student told the channel how her teacher was shot in front of her.
“I was standing in front of the teacher when she was shot. She was talking to me when (the gunman) showed up and shot her. I couldn’t see anything but a [cloud] of dust. He walked from room to room. My desk was very close to the teacher. I had to climb over the school fence to escape with other friends,” she was quoted as saying.
A teacher at the school described the gunman as a “good kid with a good academic record” who had never shown signs of being aggressive. Thai authorities said at a briefing that the teenager was an “avid gamer”.
The Debsirin Nonthaburi School, about 19 km from Bangkok, has 3,100 students and 147 teachers, according to official figures.
This is the second shooting incident at a school in Thailand this year. In February, an 18-year-old shot a principal and injured a female student at a school in the south of the country.
Thailand’s Opposition leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut called it another wake-up call for the nation.
“We must collectively review and implement a systematic approach to gun control measures, coupled with enhanced security measures in educational institutions to prevent similar incidents from recurring in the future,” he posted on Facebook, while offering his deepest condolences to the families of the victims.
While Thailand has gun control laws, it also has 10.3 million firearms, with about 40% of the guns being unregistered, according to reports.
(Edited by R Rajesh Kumar.)
