Student kills 6 at school after shooting grandparents in Thailand
There are no new alerts at this time BANGKOK — A gunman shot and killed his grandparents before killing multiple people and himself at a school outside Bangkok on Friday, authorities in Thailand said, in the Southeast Asian nation’s worst mass killing since 2022. The perpetrator was identified as a student, but officials from different government ministries gave conflicting figures for the number of people he killed at the school though some said it was as high as six. Police said at least 15 people were injured in the shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province, north of Bangkok. Two were in critical condition they said. Police said the gunman had fired at least 26 rounds and that 34 other rounds of ammunition were found at the scene.
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One teacher was killed and a student was injured in February at a school in the southern district of Hat Yai.
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A gunman shot and killed his grandparents at their home before killing six people at a school outside Bangkok on Friday, authorities in Thailand said. Three teachers and three students were killed in the shooting at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province north of Bangkok, the capital, police said. Fifteen others were injured, including two in critical condition, police said. Police said the gunman, whom they identified as a student, had also died by suicide. They said in a statement that he had fired 26 rounds and that 34 other rounds of ammunition were found at the scene.
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There are no new alerts at this time BANGKOK — A gunman shot and killed his grandparents before killing multiple people and himself at a school outside Bangkok on Friday, authorities in Thailand said, in the Southeast Asian nation’s worst mass killing since 2022. The perpetrator was identified as a student, but officials from different government ministries gave conflicting figures for the number of people he killed at the school though some said it was as high as six. Police said at least 15 people were injured in the shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province, north of Bangkok. Two were in critical condition they said. Police said the gunman had fired at least 26 rounds and that 34 other rounds of ammunition were found at the scene.