The female principal of a school in southern Thailand was shot dead and at least two students were injured following a siege by a teen gunman, police said.
The suspect, whose age has been stated to be between 17 and 19, entered the Phatong Prathankiriwat School in Hat Yai district “in an agitated state while carrying a gun” on Wednesday shortly before 5pm local time and opened fire, the provincial government said in a statement.