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WorldBy Sophie Tanno, Laura Sharman, Billy Stockwell, Oliver Sherwood, Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn8/7/20261 min read
A teenage gunman stormed his high school in Thailand after allegedly killing his grandparents at home. Follow for the latest updates.
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- Five teachers were killed Friday when a 14-year-old gunman opened fire at a secondary school in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, north of Bangkok, in what officials described as the country's deadliest school shooting in years.
- Before the attack, the suspect killed his two grandparents at the home where he lived; police said the handgun used belonged to his grandfather, though how the teen accessed it remains under investigation.
- More than 30 people, including students, were injured, and the youth turned the weapon on himself and later died, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said.
- Officials revised the death toll, clarifying that five teachers and the suspect's two grandparents were killed, correcting earlier reports that had included three students among the dead.
- Authorities said the suspect appeared to have been under stress over his studies, according to a close friend, and police reported he had searched for and viewed websites related to mass shootings before the attack; his father said he had seen no prior signs of violence.
- Thailand has more firearms per person than most other Southeast Asian nations and the region's second-highest number of gun homicides, prompting the prime minister to call for tighter gun laws following the shooting.
A teenage gunman went on a rampage at a high school in Thailand on Friday, killing at least six people, including three teachers and three students, police said, in one of the countrys deadliest scho