Seven killed, 15 wounded in Thailand school shooting, police say

Bang Kruai District: Seven people were killed in a school shooting in Thailand on Friday, including the gunman, and 15 people were wounded, Thai national police spokesperson Trairong Phiwphan said.

Lieutenant Colonel Dechrapee Kongdee, the Nonthaburi Provincial Police commander, said the suspected gunman had killed himself.

The incident took place in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province north of Bangkok. Police identified the perpetrator as a student.

One 18-year-old student said he initially thought there were firecrackers going off or someone banging an object.

“I didn’t think it was a gun at first,” he said, “There were many shots: bang bang bang. Then it went quiet. Then it started again.”

In photos circulated by emergency workers, students streamed out of the Debsirin Nonthaburi School, on the north-western outskirts of Bangkok, as ambulances operated. In one photo, one
person is seen lying down on a stretcher outside an ambulance, while another is attended to by a medic.

In the 2025 academic year, the school had about 3100 students and 147 teachers, according to district authorities.

In February, a teacher died and a student was injured in southern Thailand’s Hat Yai district after a gunman opened fire at a school.

Crisis support is available from Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Reuters

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