A shooting at a school north of Bangkok left five teachers dead and more than 30 people injured on Friday after a teen gunman opened fire before turning the weapon on himself, in one of the country’s deadliest such incidents in recent years.
The suspected gunman, 14, stormed the Debsirin Nonthaburi School, where he was also a student, on Friday morning local time. He also allegedly killed his grandmother and grandfather in their home, where he lived, according to police.
An earlier death toll said three teachers and three students had been killed – a figure that was revised down by Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul later Friday.
Anutin indicated that the attack could have been much worse if the suspected gunman had continued his attack, since he still had more than 30 rounds of ammunition remaining.
Police gather outside the house where a teenager is suspected of killing his grandparents before carrying out a school shooting in Thailand's Nonthaburi province on Friday. Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP/Getty Images
