Thailand teen kills grandparents before deadly school shooting
A 14-year-old student accused of carrying out a deadly school shooting in Thailand on Friday allegedly killed his grandparents at home before opening fire at his school in Nonthaburi province, northwest of Bangkok, police said.
The attack left three students, three teachers and the suspect’s grandparents dead. Police said the student later died by suicide using the same firearm, which investigators believe was taken from a family member. Authorities are still probing the motive.
The shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School triggered panic as students fled and emergency responders rushed the injured to hospitals. Police said 15 people were injured, with two reported to be in critical condition.
An 18-year-old student said he initially mistook the gunfire for fireworks.
“I didn’t think it was a gun at first. There were many shots: bang bang bang. Then it went quiet. Then it started again.”
Emergency responder Kiatikhun Verapongpradith said rescue teams arrived while the attack was still unfolding. They found a male teacher dead on an upper floor and a female teacher with critical gunshot wounds.
“We gave CPR for about 30 minutes and rushed her to the hospital as we could not get her heart rate up, but we tried our best,” he said.
Thailand’s education minister Prasert Jantararuangtong confirmed that both teachers and students were among those killed. Prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul expressed condolences to the victims’ families and directed officials to provide assistance.
The incident is the second school shooting reported in Thailand this year. In February, a 17-year-old allegedly stole a firearm from police and opened fire at a public high school in southern Thailand, killing a teacher, injuring a student and briefly taking hostages.
The shooting adds to a series of deadly mass attacks in Thailand in recent years, including the 2025 Bangkok market shooting, the 2023 Bangkok shopping mall attack and the 2022 daycare centre massacre that killed 36 people, including 22 children.
(Inputs from Hindustan Times)
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Rashmi Kumar
The teen rage is a serious concern world-wide, including India. It is high time the elders , be it a parent or a teacher, try to form a better connect with this generation and give them a suitable way-out to express their frustrations and anger. No action is the result of a one day outburst. One of the ways is to talk to them as a vulnerable human, a friend, who has been prone to influence in his/her own times. Let’s not just preach and pretend all is well , try to read their minds and reason out your actions , dear Parents and Teachers!