Thailand school shooting kills at least two, including student gunman; others injured

The attack in a Bangkok suburb is the latest school shooting to hit Thailand, where gun violence remains a recurring concern.

Eight people plus the 14-year-old gunman are dead after a shooting spree in the north-western fringes of Bangkok.

A schoolgirl died from critical wounds Saturday after a student opened fire at a h igh school and his home outside Bangkok the day before.

Five school staff members died in the shooting, and 10 people were in critical condition.

A teenage boy shot and killed at least seven people and wounded more than 20 others on Friday before taking his own life

At least seven people died during a school shooting in Bangkok, Thailand. BBC News' Jonathan Head reports.

A student has opened fire at a secondary school in Thailand, killing teachers and students, police said.

A student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok on Friday morning, killing at least five and wounding several others, according to authorities, who said the gunman also appeared to have separately killed his two grandparents.

A student opened fire at a high school in Thailand on Friday, ending the lives of at least six individuals and injuring others, police said.

A Thai teenager 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 since 2022. Police said the shooter, who was 14 years old, fired at least 26 bullets, and was found with 34 additional ammunition rounds. The gun had belonged to his grandfather, police said. Students streamed out of the Debsirin Nonthaburi School, on the capital’s northwestern outskirts, as the wounded were loaded on to 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. Police said 23 people were wounded in the incident, the latest in a succession of high-profile shootings in recent years in Thailand, which has by far the largest number of guns in civilian possession in Southeast Asia, and among the most per capita in Asia, according to a 2017 estimate by the Small Arms Survey. One 18-year-old student told Reuters he initially thought there were firecrackers going off or someone banging an object. “I didn’t think it was a gun at first,” he said. “There were many shots: bang bang bang. Then it went quiet. Then it started again.” Second school shooting Education Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong told Reuters that both teachers and students were among the casualties. The motive for the shooting was being investigated, he told reporters. Police identified the perpetrator as a student. It is the second school shooting in Thailand this year after a teacher died and a student was injured in the south of the country in February. Emergency worker Kiatikhun Verapongpradith, 47, described arriving as the shooting was ongoing and his team treated students with injuries in the back, chest and arms. They found a male teacher lying dead on an upper floor of the school, and in another room they found a female teacher with wounds in her chest and arm. “We gave CPR for about 30 minutes and rushed her to the hospital as we could not get her heart rate up, but we tried our best,” he said. He said he was called to treat the teenage shooter after hearing a final shot. “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.” The suspect was then taken to the hospital, he said. Traffic near the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi was nearly at a standstill, an AFP journalist saw, with local media reporting that parents were picking up their children following the incident. In the 2025 academic year, the school had an enrollment of around 3,100 students and 147 teachers, according to district authorities. Deputy Education Minister Akkharanan Kannakittinan said in a statement he was coordinating to provide assistance. “This is terrible for something like this to happen,” Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters. “I’m sad for those who died and sad for something like this to happen in our country.” History of shootings Gun ownership and gun violence are not uncommon in Thailand, which has seen a series of deadly shootings in the past six years, with children among the victims. Thailand’s worst mass killing by a single perpetrator in its recent history took place in 2022, when a former policeman ran amok in a three-hour gun-and-knife attack in the northeast that killed 36 people, including 22 children stabbed as they slept at a daycare centre. A gunman killed five people, including security guards and a vendor, at a Bangkok market in July 2025 before turning the gun on himself, while a teacher died in the southern city of Hat Yai in February this year when a shooter opened fire at a school where she worked. In 2020, a soldier killed 29 people in a shooting rampage in Nakhon Ratchasima. And in 2023, a 14-year-old used a modified handgun to kill two people and wound five others at a luxury Bangkok shopping centre. After the 2023 shooting, Anutin, who was then serving as interior minister, ordered a raft of gun control measures, including a short-term ban on new licenses, import restrictions, and banning of people under 20 years from shooting ranges. Longer-term measures also included a medical certificate assessing the mental health and psychological condition of gun owners as well as a specified validity period for some gun licenses. Thailand had an estimated 10.3 million firearms in civilian possession, equating to around 15 guns per 100 residents, the highest rate in Southeast Asia by a wide margin, according to a 2017 estimate by the Small Arms Survey.

At least eight people were killed and 15 others injured after a student opened fire inside a school in Thailand.

More than a dozen other people are in hospital including two in critical condition.

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 shooting happened at…

At least six people have been killed and more than a dozen others injured in a school shooting that took place at a high school in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand.

At least seven people have been killed, including the gunman, after a school shooting in on the outskirts of Thailand's capital, Bangkok.

At least seven people have been killed, including the gunman, after a school shooting in on the outskirts of Thailand's capital, Bangkok.

At least seven people have been killed, including the gunman, after a school shooting in on the outskirts of Thailand's capital, Bangkok.

At least seven people were killed on Friday when a student opened fire at a school in Thailand before turning the gun on himself, a national police official said. Students streamed out of the Debsirin Nonthaburi School, on the northwestern outskirts of Bangkok, 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. Lt. Col. Trirong Phophan, a spokesman for the National Police, told Reuters the suspected shooter was among the seven people killed. Fifteen people were injured, he added. One 18-year-old student told Reuters he initially thought there were firecrackers going off or someone banging an object. “I didn’t think it was a gun at first,” he said. “There were many shots: bang bang bang. Then it went quiet. Then it started again.” “It’s such a terrible incident. It should never have happened. How could this happen in our country?” Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters at Bangkok’s Government House. Second school shooting Education Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong told Reuters that both teachers and students were among those reported dead. Police identified the perpetrator as a student. It is the second school shooting in Thailand this year after a teacher died and a student was injured in the south of the country in February. Emergency worker Kiatikhun Verapongpradith, 47, described arriving as the shooting was ongoing and his team treated students with injuries in the back, chest and arms. They found a male teacher lying dead on an upper floor of the school, and in another room they found a female teacher with wounds in her chest and arm. “We gave CPR for about 30 minutes and rushed her to the hospital as we could not get her heart rate up, but we tried our best,” he said. Traffic near the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi was nearly at a standstill, an AFP journalist saw, with local media reporting that parents were picking up their children following the incident. In the 2025 academic year, the school had an enrollment of around 3,100 students and 147 teachers, according to district authorities. Deputy Education Minister Akkharanan Kannakittinan said in a statement he was coordinating to provide assistance. History of shootings Gun ownership and gun violence are not uncommon in Thailand, which has seen a series of deadly shootings in the past six years, with children among the victims. Thailand’s worst mass killing by a single perpetrator in its recent history took place in 2022, when a former policeman ran amok in a three-hour gun-and-knife attack in the northeast that killed 36 people, including 22 children stabbed as they slept at a daycare centre. A gunman killed five people, including security guards and a vendor, at a Bangkok market in July 2025 before turning the gun on himself, while a teacher died in the southern city of Hat Yai in February this year when a shooter opened fire at a school where she worked. In 2020, a soldier killed 29 people in a shooting rampage in Nakhon Ratchasima. And in 2023, a 14-year-old used a modified handgun to kill two people and wound five others at a luxury Bangkok shopping centre.

A student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok on Friday, killing three teachers and three students and wounding 15 others, police said.

A student opened fire at a high school near Bangkok, according to local news media.

BANGKOK, Thailand — At least four people were killed and 15 students injured during a school shooting just north of the Thai capital Bangkok on Friday, the deputy interior minister said. Two students and two teachers were killed in the assault at the high school in Nonthaburi province, deputy interior minister Polapee Suwunchwee told local broadcaster Thai PBS. READ: Bangkok school shooting leaves at least 10 students wounded — local media  The injured students were not hurt by gunfire but as they were trying to flee, he said. The shooter was identified as a teenager and also reported dead, according to […]...Keep on reading: Thailand school shooting update: 4 dead, 15 hurt, says local official

BANGKOK, Thailand — At least four people were killed and 15 students injured during a school shooting just north of the Thai capital Bangkok on Friday, the deputy interior minister said. Two students and two teachers were killed in the assault at the high school in Nonthaburi province, deputy interior minister Polapee Suwunchwee told local broadcaster Thai PBS. The injured students were not hurt by gunfire but as they were trying to flee, he said. READ: PNP insists school violence not prevalent The shooter was identified as a teenage student of the school and also reported dead, according to local media […]...Keep on reading: Four dead, 15 hurt in Thailand school shooting

]At least one teacher was killed and four other people injured by a student who opened fire at a school in Thailand on Friday before killing himself, authorities said.

Six people have been killed and at least 15 people injured in a school shooting in Thailand

Seven people were killed in a school shooting in Thailand on Friday, including the gunman, and 15 people were wounded, Thai national police spokesperson Trairong Phiwphan said. Lt. Col. Dechrapee Kongdee Nonthaburi Provincial Police Commander confirmed the casualties to Reuters and said the suspected gunman had committed suicide. Among those injured were one teacher and […]

The shooting occurred on Friday at a high school in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, where several injuries were reported.

At least one teacher was killed ‌and four other people injured by a student who opened fire at a school in Thailand on Friday ‌before killing himself, authorities…

Police respond to shooting at a high school in Nonthaburi province as authorities confirm casualties and the suspected student shooter remains on campus.

Some reports said police officers had shot and killed the suspect, while others said he had died by suicide.

Two people have been killed and others wounded following a shooting at a school in Bangkok.

The incident took place in the Bang Kruai ​district of Nonthaburi ‌province; police identified the perpetrator as a student

Police say one teacher and the suspected gunman are dead

At least one teacher has been killed ⁠and four other people injured by a student who opened fire at a school in Thailand before killing himself, authorities said.

A teacher was killed and four other people injured in a shooting at a school in Thailand, where the gunman - a student - has killed himself,

dead including gunman injured after student opens fire in Thailand school

At least one teacher has been killed and four other people injured by a student who opened fire at a school in Thailand.

NONTHABURI, Thailand (AP) — A student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok on Friday, killing at least six people and wounding several others, police said.

Authorities in Thailand are reporting an unknown number of people have been killed in a school shooting north of Bangkok.

Authorities in Thailand are reporting an unknown number of people have been killed in a school shooting north of Bangkok.

Several people were reportedly killed at a school in Thailand's northern Bangkok region on Friday (local time) after a student opened fire.

15 people injured as teachers, students killed in country's second school shooting this year