Thailand school shooting: Teen kills grandparents at home, 5 at campus
A 14-year-old student killed seven people, including his grandparents and five teachers, at a school near Bangkok. The incident has prompted the Thai government to vow stricter firearms control laws.
Why it matters
This tragedy highlights the ongoing issue of high civilian gun ownership in Thailand and the urgent need for improved school safety and mental health support.
A teenage Thai student killed at least five people and himself at a school outside Bangkok on Friday after fatally shooting his grandparents, police said, in the Southeast Asian nation's worst mass killing in nearly four years. Those killed at the school were all teachers and staff, and police said the 14-year-old shooter fired at least 26 bullets using a gun that belonged to his grandfather. An additional 34 rounds were found.Students streamed out of the Debsirin Nonthaburi School, on the capital's northwestern outskirts, as the wounded were loaded onto ambulances and teachers hugged each other and cried. In photos circulated by emergency workers, one person is seen lying down on a stretcher outside an ambulance, while another is attended to by a medic.
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