How Thai teenager carried out a deadly school shooting after killing his grandparents
A 14-year-old boy killed his grandparents and five others at a school in Thailand before taking his own life. The incident has sparked renewed national debate regarding gun control laws in the country.
Why it matters
This mass shooting is the deadliest in Thailand since 2022, highlighting ongoing concerns about firearm accessibility and youth violence.
Thailand faces fresh pressure over gun laws after a 14-year-old uses his grandfather's gun to kill seven people, wound 23 and then take his own life.
The wife of a teacher who was shot dead at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Bang Kruai district in Nonthaburi province on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug 7, 2026. (Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha)
BANG BUA THONG: The boy shot his grandparents dead at dawn on Friday (Aug 7) in their two-storey house bordering rice fields on the outskirts of Bangkok. Each was killed by a single gunshot to the head, a Thai police official said.
By noon, bodies lay strewn at the 14-year-old's school - five more dead and 23 wounded - before he turned the gun on himself, ending Thailand's worst mass shooting since 2022 .
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