Thailand school shooting kills at least seven, prompts gun law crackdown

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul pledged stricter gun laws after a school shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School left at least seven people dead and more than 30 injured. Five teachers were among the dead in the attack at the campus in Bang Kruai district, Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok.

Thai authorities said the attack was premeditated. The suspected gunman was a 14-year-old student who allegedly shot his grandparents at home before heading to the school and later killing himself. The violence moved from a domestic setting to a crowded campus within hours, raising immediate questions about how the threat was missed and how the weapon was carried from one scene to the next.

BBC witness accounts from students described a chaotic escape, with some climbing over the school fence to get out. Those accounts matched the scale of the emergency response as the toll rose and officials worked through conflicting early figures.

Coverage from BBC, CNN and other outlets said more than 30 people were injured, with nine severely injured or in critical condition. Some reports said three students were among the dead, alongside five teachers and the teenage suspect. The shifting counts reflected how quickly the situation unfolded and how hard it was for families and officials to track the wounded.

The shooting, one of Thailand’s deadliest school attacks in years, has intensified scrutiny of firearm access and school threat detection. Anutin’s promise of tighter gun controls now puts public policy at the center of the response, as schools across the region confront the limits of existing security measures when a threat emerges from within the student body itself.