Students tell of fleeing as teen kills at least seven people in Bangkok
A 14-year-old boy carried out a mass shooting at a school in Thailand after allegedly murdering his grandparents earlier that morning. Students described fleeing the scene and barricading themselves in an assembly hall as the violence unfolded.
Why it matters
This incident marks a significant tragedy in Thailand, highlighting ongoing concerns regarding youth violence and school safety protocols.
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Bang Kruai District, Thailand: It was school work, a short study on secondhand trade, that got 15-year-old Wannapa out of class slightly early and down the elevators – to safety.
She didn’t know it then, but on the sixth floor of Debsirin Nonthaburi School’s building five, one floor below her own class, a 14-year-old boy was preparing for what in minutes would be Thailand’s worst mass killing since 2022.
Wannapa outside her family’s shop on the outskirts of Bangkok. Zach Hope The boy had come to his school, on the northwestern fringes of Bangkok, fresh from murdering his grandparents at their shared home earlier on Friday morning, a fact only discovered by police when they searched the place hours later.
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