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14-year-old kills 7, self in Thailand school shooting spree
A 14-year-old student shot dead his grandparents at home, then killed two teachers and three other staff members at Debsirin School in Nonthaburi near Bangkok on Friday, before dying from a self-inflicted…
The Story in Brief
A 14-year-old student shot dead his grandparents at home, then killed two teachers and three other staff members at Debsirin School in Nonthaburi near Bangkok on Friday, before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot. The Hindustan Times reports a total of 8 dead including the shooter and 23 injured, though The Hindu later revised the toll to 7 dead after officials corrected their count. Nine of the wounded are in critical condition, according to Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
Police said the boy fired at least 26 bullets from his grandfather's gun and had 34 more rounds on him. The PM stated the teen was 'under stress' linked to his schooling and had planned the attack. Anutin vowed to introduce a new law restricting public gun carrying to government officials only. Thailand has an estimated 10 million firearms in circulation, one for every seven people.
The Indian Opinion
Gun control promises after mass shootings have become a grimly familiar pattern in Thailand, and this time is no different. Claims by the PM that the shooter was 'under stress' risk reducing a preventable tragedy to an individual aberration, when lax gun laws allowed a teenager access to his grandfather's weapon. The real test will be whether the proposed new law banning public gun carry passes, and whether it ends the flow of legal firearms into the wrong hands.
Sources (3): ndtv.com, hindustantimes.com, thehindu.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
