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The shooting happened at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province northwest of the national capital, Royal Thai Police spokesperson Trairong Piwpan told The Associated Press.
In February, a 17-year-old stole a gun from police and opened fire at a public high school in southern Thailand, briefly taking people hostage in a two-hour attack that killed one person and injured two others.
In 2023, a 14-year-old boy was accused of a shooting at a major Bangkok shopping mall.
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− Asia Student shoots multiple people at a high school in Thailand, authorities say August 7, 20261:34 AM ET By
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A schoolgirl cries outside her school where deaths and injuries were reported after a shooting in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug.
+ Asia Student kills at least 6 in a shooting at a high school in Thailand, authorities say Updated August 7, 20263:58 AM ET Originally published August 7, 20261:34 AM ET By
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A schoolgirl cries outside her school where deaths and injuries were reported after a shooting in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug.
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BANGKOK — Police were responding to a shooting Friday at a high school outside Bangkok where deaths and injuries were reported.
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NONTHABURI, Thailand — A student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok on Friday, killing at least six people and wounding several others, police said.
− The shooter was a student who remained inside the school and deaths and injuries were reported, Arsit Sampantharat, permanent secretary for the Interior Ministry, told news station PPTV.
+ A witness told reporters that students hid inside a classroom while they heard gunshots from another building before police officers knocked on the door and cleared a way for them to leave the building.
− The officials did not say how many people were hurt or provide other details.
+ About an hour after the shooting, people stood outside the school comforting one another and police and first responders walked around inside the school.
− Images from the scene about an hour after the shooting showed people standing outside the school comforting one another and police and first responders walking around inside the school.
+ Authorities gave conflicting information on the casualties that could not immediately be reconciled.
Trairong told news broadcaster Channel 3 the shooter was being hospitalized in serious condition and 15 others were injured, with two in critical condition.
− The building apparently had been secured, but officials had not publicly confirmed the status of the shooter.
+ He said three teachers and three students were killed.
− A witness told reporters that students hid inside a classroom while they heard gunshots from another building before police officers knocked on the door and cleared a way for them to leave the building.
+ Health Minister Pattana Promphat said 22 people were injured with nine in critical condition. Some were injured from causes such as falls, and it wasn't clear how many were shot.
+ Deputy Interior Minister Polapee Suwunchwee told reporters at the scene that five teachers died and that the shooter killed his two grandparents at home before going to the school. He also said the shooter died at a hospital.
Trairong said the motive was still being investigated. He said the gun was believed to have been taken from a member of the student's family.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul offered his condolences and said he had ordered relevant officials to take care of the victims.