Family members of a teacher who was killed in a school shooting are led to an ambulance in Bang Kruai district, Nonthaburi province, north of Thailand's capital Bangkok, on August 7, 2026. A teenage suspect killed his grandparents before shooting dead at least six more people at a school near Bangkok on August 7, police said. (Credit: Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP via Getty Images)
A 14-year-old student is accused of shooting three teachers and three classmates to death inside a secondary school on the outskirts of Bangkok on Friday, hours after allegedly killing his own grandparents at the home they shared. By Friday afternoon, Thailand's prime minister had confirmed the teenager turned the gun on himself, closing out what authorities are calling the country's deadliest school shooting in years.
A Killing at Home, Hours Before the Bell
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