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Thai schools tighten security after deadly shooting
Students at Bangkok's Sawasdee Wittaya School faced bag and pocket checks on Friday under new rules ordered after a 14-year-old shot dead his grandparents, five school staff and a pupil near the…
The Story in Brief
Students at Bangkok's Sawasdee Wittaya School faced bag and pocket checks on Friday under new rules ordered after a 14-year-old shot dead his grandparents, five school staff and a pupil near the capital on August 7. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has told schools to screen for weapons, keep round-the-clock security and enforce strict visitor protocols. Headteacher Suparong Sawangngamwong says his school needs more funding for CCTV cameras.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered the interior ministry and police to stop issuing new firearm licenses and called for tighter controls. Some parents welcome the measures, though past promises to tighten gun laws have not stopped repeated shootings in Thailand.
The Indian Opinion
Indians might dismiss this as a Thai problem, but school shootings are a growing worry here too. The easy narrative is that gun control alone will fix it, yet Thailand already has some of the region's strictest laws, enforcement is the real failure. Can Anutin's new license ban actually be enforced, or will it become another empty promise? The number of illegal guns surrendered in the next six months will tell.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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