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School shooting in Thailand: a student first killed his grandparents, using his grandfather’s gun, then went to an institution north of Bangkok and killed at least 6 people before committing suicide. The national police reported this in a statement.
The suspect, a 14-year-old teenager, also injured more than 30 people during the shooting. The pre declared itThai mier Anutin Charnvirakul; “nine of them suffered serious injuries”: the BBC reports.
Five teachers and the alleged attacker are the people who died following the attack: this was stated by the Thai deputy interior minister in an interview aired in the afternoon, according to what the New York Times reports. Similarly, AFP reports that, according to police reconstructions, the student suspected of being the attacker is accused of killing “five school staff”. Previously, authorities said three teachers and three students had been killed.
According to the BBC, “conflicting figures on victims” come from different Thai authorities.
The Thai police say that the person suspected of the attack in the school was a teenage student in the ninth class (generally attended by 14 year olds) and that he fired 26 shots, while another 34 bullets were found at the site of the attack: the Guardian writes this, specifying that this is the second armed attack in a school in Thailand afteror the one last February in the south of the country in which a teacher died and a student was injured.
The Thai Prime Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, “has promised to propose a law to limit the carrying of weapons by citizens”: the Guardian writes. The announcement comes after an attack at a school in which authorities say five people were killed and in which a student, who also died, is suspected, police say.
“The new law will allow only government officials on duty to carry weapons,” Anutin Charnvirakul told journalists, the British newspaper reports, according to which, however, the Thai prime minister did not provide details.
Opposition leader urges review of gun control
One of the leaders of the Thai opposition, Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, after the shooting attack in a school in Bangkok, urged a review of gun control measures in the country: the BBC reports.
“Although the motive for the attack remains unclear at this time, an act of violence in an educational institution – which should be one of the safest places in our society – represents a strong warning to Thai society to seriously and systematically review its gun control measures,” the People’s Party leader said, according to the British broadcaster.
According to AFP, “Thailand records one of the highest firearm ownership rates in the region, with an estimated 10 million guns in circulation: one for every seven inhabitants.”