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Student Opens Fire at Debsirin Nonthaburi School; Multiple Killed and Wounded

Officials say the attack tests Thailand's school security and controls on civilian gun access.

Overview

  • A student opened fire at Debsirin Nonthaburi School on Friday, prompting mass evacuations as ambulances and rescue teams treated victims at the scene.
  • Officials reported multiple deaths and many injured, with early counts varying between at least one teacher killed and broader tallies as high as seven dead and about 15 wounded.
  • Police identified the attacker as a pupil who is now dead, but accounts differ on whether he shot himself or was shot by officers and investigators have not released a motive.
  • Authorities have secured the campus and launched formal probes into how the student obtained the handgun and into the sequence of events before and during the attack.
  • The incident renews national concern over gun access and school safety in Thailand, which has high civilian firearm ownership and a recent record of deadly mass shootings.