Students in Thailand took cover in a classroom as a pupil opened fire at a school outside Bangkok on Friday (August 7), eyewitness footage shows. At least five people have been killed, with the victims including teachers and pupils, authorities said. The 14-year-old shooter was a student of the school and also shot and killed his own grandparents at their home on Friday morning before attacking Debsirin Nonthaburi School in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province. It is the Southeast Asian nation's worst mass killing since 2022. Police said the gun the shooter used had belonged to his grandfather.

The 14-year-old fatally shot his grandparents at their home, before killing at least five teachers and staff members in the school.

Police identified the perpetrator as a student of Debsirin Nonthaburi School near Bangkok.

Police say one teacher and the suspected gunman are dead