At least 6 dead in Thailand high school shooting after suspect kills grandparents
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A local police chief said at the time that the suspect was hospitalized for psychiatric treatment in December and had been discharged. Thai police shot and arrested a teenager who opened fire at a school in the south of the country in February, killing the principal and wounding two students.
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