On a Friday morning in Nonthaburi province, northwest of Bangkok, a fourteen-year-old student carried a firearm into Debsirin Nonthaburi School and, over the course of forty minutes, took nine lives — among them teachers, administrators, fellow students, and his own grandparents, whom he had killed before arriving. The youngest to die was twelve years old. In the aftermath, a nation is left to reckon with the familiar and terrible questions that follow such moments: how a child came to hold such a weapon, and what it means that other children had to count gunshots to calculate their chances of
Thailand school shooting death toll reaches nine as student opens fire at school and home
Nine people killed including three teachers, two school officials, two grandparents, and two students; 14 hospitalized with seven in critical condition; most victims were children aged 12-14.