Thailand school shooting toll rises to nine after 12-year-old dies, police say
The death toll from a school shooting in Thailand has risen to nine after a 12-year-old girl succumbed to her injuries. The perpetrator, a 14-year-old boy, killed his grandparents and several others at his school before taking his own life.
Why it matters
This tragedy has prompted the Thai government to pledge stricter gun control laws in a country with one of the highest rates of civilian gun ownership in Southeast Asia.
Friends of an injured school teacher, who has been carried into the ambulance, embrace at the site of a school shooting, in Thailand's Nonthaburi province. Friends of an injured school teacher, who has been carried into the ambulance, embrace at the site of a school shooting, in Thailand's Nonthaburi province. Thailand Thailand school shooting toll rises to nine after 12-year-old dies, police say Teenage girl treated in hospital after Friday’s school shooting has died, police say
Prefer the Guardian on Google The death toll from a school shooting in Thailand rose to nine on Saturday, after police said a 12-year-old girl caught up in Friday’s incident had died.
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