Thailand School Shooting Kills at Least Six
A teenager shot dead his grandparents and then opened fire at a school in central Thailand, killing at least six more people and wounding over a dozen, police said. The attack, in Nonthaburi province near Bangkok, was carried out by a young man described by authorities as “troubled”. It was one of the deadliest mass shootings in the country in recent years.
Thailand has suffered several mass shootings in recent years, including a massacre at a nursery in 2022, prompting soul-searching over the ready availability of guns and the strains on mental health. The latest attack, striking a school, will renew calls for tighter controls in a country awash with firearms. Police were working to establish the motive and how the teenager obtained his weapon. The toll remained provisional as the injured were treated. Watch for the authorities’ account of how the attack unfolded and any move on gun laws.