On a Friday morning in Nonthaburi province, northwest of Bangkok, a fourteen-year-old boy carried a legally registered firearm from his grandparents' home — where he had already taken their lives — to the school grounds of Debsirin Nonthaburi, where he opened fire on students and staff before turning the weapon on himself. By Saturday, a twelve-year-old girl had succumbed to her wounds, bringing the death toll to at least eight. The tragedy arrives in a nation that carries one of Asia's highest rates of civilian gun ownership, and where the quiet assumption that such violence belongs elsewhere
Death toll reaches eight after Thailand school shooting; 12-year-old girl dies
At least eight people killed including five school staff, two grandparents, and a 12-year-old girl; fourteen hospitalized with seven in critical condition; most victims aged 12-14.