14-Year-Old Student Opens Fire at Prestigious Thai School, Leaving Over 20 Dead or Injured

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A mass shooting at a school on the outskirts of the Thai capital, Bangkok, has left at least 6 people dead and dozens of others injured. The suspect who carried out the indiscriminate shooting was a 14-year-old student attending the school.

Reporter Kim Young-a has the details.

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Terrified students evacuate in a hurry, guided by their teachers.

Students who failed to escape in time hide under desks, sobbing in fear.

The shooting occurred at a prestigious public school in Nonthaburi Province, northwest of Bangkok, Thailand, on the morning of today, the 7th, local time.

An 8th-grade, 14-year-old student at the school fired dozens of rounds from an automatic handgun toward fellow students and teachers.

[Student at the school where the shooting occurred (18): At first, I just thought it was the sound of firecrackers being set off as a joke, or someone slamming something down hard. But as I kept hearing it, I realized that wasn't it.]

Six people, including three students and three teachers, were killed, and more than 20 others were injured.

Among the injured, 9 are in critical condition, so the death toll could rise further.

When responding police surrounded the suspect, he barricaded himself, resisted, and attempted suicide before being transported to a hospital.

Dozens of additional rounds of ammunition were found in his bag.

[Rescue Worker: It seems that student shot himself in the head in an attempt to take his own life. I just saw that it was a 9mm firearm.]

The suspect's grandparents were also found shot to death at his home.

Police believe he murdered them before moving to the school to carry out the shooting, and are investigating the motive for the crime.

Thailand, where civilians own more than 10 million firearms, has roughly one gun for every 7 people, making it the country with the second-highest rate of gun violence in Asia after the Philippines.

In February of last year, a school shooting resulted in 2 casualties, and in 2022, a mass shooting at a kindergarten left 36 people dead, including 24 children.

(Video Editing: Chae Chul-ho, Video Source: X@chaudharyparvez, @PlanetreportHQ)
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