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Seven Dead in Thailand School Shooting · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: Thailand is reeling after a tragic school shooting left seven
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  Speaker 1: people debt, including the gunmen, and at least fifteen others injured.
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  Speaker 1: The attack unfolded Friday morning at Debsteren not Theabori School,
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  Speaker 1: located in bang Krouix district, just north of Bangkok. Authorities
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  Speaker 1: confirmed the shooter was a grade nine student dressed in
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  Speaker 1: his purple school uniform, who opened fire with a nine
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  Speaker 1: millimeters handgun inside the school grounds. Witnesses described scenes of
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  Speaker 1: chaos as students and teachers scrambled to escape. Among the
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  Speaker 1: dead were three teachers, three students, and the gunman himself.
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  Speaker 1: Emergency responders rushed to the scene, performing CPR on victims
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  Speaker 1: and transporting the wounded to nearby hospitals. Officials said two
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  Speaker 1: of the injured remain in critical condition with gunshot wounds
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  Speaker 1: to the chest and back. The attack also damaged classrooms
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  Speaker 1: and vehicles parked on campus. This marks the second school
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  Speaker 1: shooting in Thailand in twenty twenty six, following an incident
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  Speaker 1: earlier this year in hat Yai District where a teacher
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  Speaker 1: was killed and a student injured. Despite strict gun laws,
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  Speaker 1: Thailand has one of the highest firearm ownership rates in Asia,
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  Speaker 1: with an estimated ten million guns in circulation, roughly won
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  Speaker 1: for every seven inhabitants. The tragedy has revived painful memories
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  Speaker 1: of past massacres, including the October twenty twenty two attack
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  Speaker 1: in nong Bua Lamfu Province, when a former policeman killed
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  Speaker 1: thirty seven people, among them twenty two children. That incident
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  Speaker 1: remains one of the deadliest mass killings in Thailand's history.
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Anyuden Charnvikel condemned the latest attack, calling it
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  Speaker 1: a terrible incident that should never have happened. He pledged
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  Speaker 1: a full investigation into how the student obtained the weapon
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  Speaker 1: and promised tighter enforcement of gun laws. Human rights groups
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  Speaker 1: and education advocates are urging immediate reforms, including stricter background checks,
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  Speaker 1: improved school security, and expanded mental health support for students.
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  Speaker 1: Critics argue that past promises of reform have failed to
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  Speaker 1: prevent repeated tragedies. For families in Nantaburi, the grief is overwhelming.
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  Speaker 1: Vigils are being organized across Bangkok as the nation mourns
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  Speaker 1: the loss of young lives and dedicated educators. The shooting
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  Speaker 1: underscores Thaighland's struggle to balance cultural attitudes toward firearms with
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  Speaker 1: the urgent need to protect its schools. As the investigation unfolds,
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  Speaker 1: the country faces renewed debate over gun control, school safety,
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  Speaker 1: and the broader social pressures contributing to violence among youth.
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  Speaker 1: For now, Thailand is left to grapple with the devastating
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  Speaker 1: human toll of yet another school shooting.