Students, teachers mourn girl killed in Thailand school shooting
Mourners gathered in Thailand to pay respects to a 12-year-old girl who was the eighth victim of a school shooting carried out by a 14-year-old boy. Authorities are investigating the motive behind the attack, which also claimed the lives of the assailant's grandparents and several school staff members.
Why it matters
The tragedy has sparked national grief and renewed discussions regarding youth violence, mental health, and school safety in Thailand.
The eighth victim of the home and school shooting on Friday died in hospital after suffering gunshot wounds.
Mourners gather before prayers for 12-year-old school shooting victim Naphat Chaima during her funeral at the Wat Lat Pla Duk Buddhist temple in Nonthaburi province, north of Thailand's capital Bangkok on Aug 9, 2026. (Photo: AFP/Chanakarn Laosarakham)
BANGKOK: Dozens of bereaved students, parents and teachers queued at a Buddhist temple in Thailand on Sunday (Aug 9) to pray over the body of a 12-year-old girl, one of eight victims of a home and school shooting two days earlier.
The 14-year-old assailant shot dead the grandparents who raised him at their home north of Bangkok on Friday before killing six others at his school, using his grandfather's handgun, and then turning the gun on himself, authorities said.
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