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At least seven people were killed after a student opened fire at a school in Thailand's Nonthaburi province just north of Bangkok, police said.
The shooting took place on Friday at Debsirin Nonthaburi School, in the Bang Kruai district, Reuters reported.
Among those killed was the suspected shooter, who is believed to have turned the gun on himself, according to police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Trirong Phophan. Teachers were also among the dead, Education Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong said.
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At least 15 other people were injured during the shooting. Neither the victims nor the suspected shooter have been named.
Royal Thai Police spokesperson Trairong Piwpan told the news broadcaster Channel 3 that the shooter's motive was being investigated. It is believed the gun used was taken from a member of the shooter's family, Piwpan said.
Photos taken after the shooting show parents comforting their children outside the school, students crying and armed police standing guard.
Debsirin Nonthaburi School had around 3,100 students and 147 teachers as of the 2025 academic year, according to district authorities.
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What We Still Don’t Know About the Shooter
Authorities have not disclosed the suspected gunman's identity or age, leaving unanswered questions about his background and connection to those targeted at the school.
Deputy Interior Minister Polapee Suwunchwee said the student had killed his two grandparents at their home before traveling to the school.
The suspect was hospitalized in serious condition before dying at the hospital, emergency worker Kiatikhun Verapongpradith told Reuters.
"We rushed up and found that the perpetrator had shot himself in the right side of the head and collapsed. When we got up there, we checked his pulse, he still had one, so we started CPR," Verapongpradith said.
Thailand’s Recent History of Deadly Shootings
Thailand has experienced several deadly shootings in recent years, including another attack at a school in February, when a gunman killed a teacher and injured a student after opening fire at a school in the southern city of Hat Yai.
In July 2025, a gunman killed five people, including security guards and a vendor, at a market in Bangkok before taking his own life. Two years earlier, a 14-year-old armed with a modified handgun killed two people and wounded five others at a luxury shopping mall in the capital.
The country's deadliest mass killing by a single perpetrator in recent history occurred in 2022, when a former police officer killed 36 people during a three-hour gun-and-knife attack in northeastern Thailand. The victims included 22 children who were stabbed while sleeping at a day care center. In 2020, a soldier killed 29 people during a shooting rampage in Nakhon Ratchasima.
Contact Newsweek editors on this story: Edward T. Cummins.
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