Thai police reported that the 14-year-old boy, a student at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province, opened fire on teachers and fellow pupils before taking his own life. The youth carried out the attack using a 9mm handgun that belonged to his grandfather, who worked as a teacher at the school, Lt. Col. Dechrapee Kongdee, the Nonthaburi Provincial Police Commander, confirmed to reporters. Authorities have not yet disclosed any potential motive, though an investigation is underway to determine how the minor gained access to the weapon and whether any prior warnings had been overlooked.
The Nonthaburi Provincial Police Commander’s office put the death toll at two, in addition to the shooter, while early assessments indicated that as many as 20 people sustained injuries in the incident. Among the casualties were at least one teacher killed and several students and staff members wounded, with some reports specifying three students and one additional teacher among those hurt. Police data clarified that two of the injured remained in critical condition hours after the shooting, as medical teams worked to stabilise victims at nearby hospitals.
Debsirin Nonthaburi School was placed on lockdown immediately after the gunfire began on Friday morning, with students and staff evacuated under police supervision. The commander’s briefing noted that the perpetrator was found dead at the scene from a self-inflicted wound. Officials have withheld further specifics on the timeline pending forensic analysis and witness interviews, according to a statement distributed by the provincial police.
The event marks the latest school-related shooting in Thailand, where authorities detained an 18-year-old gunman in February 2026 after he wounded a student and a teacher at a school in the southern Hat Yai district, a Reuters dispatch indicated. Police records from that incident confirmed the suspect was arrested without further casualties after taking hostages, highlighting recurring challenges in securing educational facilities across urban and provincial areas.
Thailand experienced one of its deadliest attacks in 2020 when a soldier carried out the Nakhon Ratchasima shootings, killing 29 people before security forces ended the rampage, according to government tallies. A separate 2022 assault on a childcare centre in the northeast left 37 dead, most of them children, as documented in official reviews of national security incidents. These precedents have prompted repeated calls from lawmakers for enhanced gun control measures in a country where civilian firearm ownership rates rank among the highest in Southeast Asia.
The education ministry is coordinating with local authorities to provide psychological support to survivors and review security protocols at schools nationwide, a ministry spokesperson stated. No decision has been announced on potential charges against the gunman’s family members regarding firearm storage. Police continue to gather evidence from the site while urging anyone with additional information to come forward.
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