Seven people were killed and more than 20 others injured in a shooting at a school in Thailand, according to reports. The incident was described as one of the country’s deadliest school shootings in years and prompted emergency efforts at the school and the surrounding community.
Reports identified the suspected shooter as a 14-year-old student. Other accounts said teachers and classmates were among those killed, while some reported that the teenager’s grandparents also died in the wider gun rampage. Details about the victims and the sequence of events remained under investigation.
Families gathered to retrieve the bodies of those killed as authorities continued investigating the attack. The differing reports on the death toll reflected the early stage of the incident, with some accounts putting the number of fatalities at eight.
Thailand’s prime minister said the government would pursue stricter gun laws following the shooting. The case has renewed attention on firearm access and safety in schools, as officials work to establish how the weapon was obtained and what led to the attack.
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