A schoolgirl cries exterior her faculty the place deaths and accidents had been reported after a taking pictures in Thailand’s Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026.
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BANGKOK — Police had been responding to a taking pictures Friday at a highschool exterior Bangkok the place deaths and accidents had been reported.
The taking pictures occurred on the Debsirin Nonthaburi College in Nonthaburi province northwest of the nationwide capital, Royal Thai Police spokesperson Trairong Piwpan advised The Related Press.
The shooter was a pupil who remained inside the varsity and deaths and accidents had been reported, Arsit Sampantharat, everlasting secretary for the Inside Ministry, advised information station PPTV.
The officers didn’t say how many individuals had been harm or present different particulars.
Photographs from the scene about an hour after the taking pictures confirmed individuals standing exterior the varsity comforting each other and police and first responders strolling round inside the varsity. The constructing apparently had been secured, however officers had not publicly confirmed the standing of the shooter.
A witness advised reporters that college students hid inside a classroom whereas they heard gunshots from one other constructing earlier than law enforcement officials knocked on the door and cleared a means for them to depart the constructing.
In February, a 17-year-old stole a gun from police and opened fireplace at a public highschool in southern Thailand, briefly taking individuals hostage in a two-hour assault that killed one individual and injured two others.
In 2023, a 14-year-old boy was accused of a taking pictures at a significant Bangkok shopping center.
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