Students shelter in place as audible gunfire heard during school shooting in Bangkok
A teenage gunman went on a rampage at a high school in Thailand on Friday, killing at least six people, including three teachers and three students, police said, in one of the country’s deadliest school shootings in recent years.
The suspected gunman, 14, stormed the school after allegedly killing his grandmother and grandfather in their home, according to police.
Using what police said was his grandfather’s handgun, the suspect opened fire at Debsirin Nonthaburi School, a well-known secondary school of about 3,000 students, located on a busy highway in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province, north of Bangkok.
At least six people at the school were fatally shot, three of them students and three teachers, police spokesperson Lieutenant General Trairong Phiwphan said.
More than 20 other people were wounded, with nine in a critical condition. The youngest victim was just 12 years old, authorities said.