Deaths reported at school shooting in Thailand, officials say

An unconfirmed ​number of people were killed ‌when a student opened fire ​at a ⁠school in Thailand north of Bangkok on Friday (August 7, 2026), authorities said.

Lt. Col. ‌Pasakorn Chaitawiwong, the head of the Plai ‌Bang subdistrict police department, ‌told ⁠Reuters the number of ⁠deaths was still unknown.

The incident took place in the Bang Kruai ​district of Nonthaburi ‌province. Police identified the perpetrator as a student. There were no further details ‌provided.

In photos circulated by ​emergency workers, students streamed out of the Debsirin ⁠Nonthaburi School, on the northwestern outskirts of Bangkok, as ‌ambulances operated. In one photo, one person is seen lying down on a stretcher outside an ambulance, while another is attended ‌to by a medic. In February ​a teacher died and a student was ⁠injured in southern Thailand’s Hat Yai ⁠district after a gunman opened fire at ‌a school.​