Conflict · Thailand school shooting · ArchiefThailand School Shooting: 14-Year-Old Kills 7 in Worst Attack in 4 YearsGeschreven 7 september 2026 om 21:22 UTCKijkenTranscript0:00At least seven people were killed in a0:01school [music] shooting just outside0:03Bangkok, Thailand's worst mass shooting0:05in 4 years and [music] its second school0:07shooting this year. Police and news0:09reports confirm. CBS News reports at0:11least seven people [music] were killed0:13overall. Police via CBC News report the0:15scope as at least five killed at the0:17school and two killed at the suspect's0:18home before the school attack.0:20Overlapping [music] at least counts that0:22should not be added beyond what is0:23verified. More than 20 people were0:25injured, CBC News reports. Jonathan0:27Head, BBC News via CBS News, reports0:30four teachers were killed including0:32[music] the deputy principal who went up0:33to try to handle the situation. The0:35suspected shooter was a 14-year-old0:37pupil at the school.0:38>> [music]0:38>> CBS News, police via CBC News and0:41Jonathan Head, BBC News via CBS News,0:44all identify the suspect as [music] 140:46and CBS News and Head report he turned0:48the gun on himself and is also dead.0:50Police via Head say the boy shot and0:52killed his grandparents before arriving0:53[music] at the school, the two killed at0:55the home. A student eyewitness told Head0:57she heard shots and saw the pupil0:59walking along a balcony to the fourth1:01floor of the multi-story [music]1:02building, firing into classrooms and1:04targeting both fellow students and1:05teachers. Head reports from [music]1:07inside the school that all students and1:09the injured have been taken out. The1:10Thai Prime Minister has come to the1:12scene and is facing questions [music]1:13about Thailand's gun laws, Head reports.1:16Head notes it is officially very1:17difficult to get a gun permit, but1:19[music] the country has one of the1:20highest levels of gun ownership in the1:22world and very high levels of gun crime.1:24Police are already raising particular1:25concerns about how the 14-year-old was1:27able not just to [music] get a gun and1:29magazines for reloading. He fired1:31multiple shots, but that his shooting1:32was extremely accurate, [music] that he1:34probably had some kind of practice, Head1:36reports via CBS News.1:38>> [music]1:38>> That leaves the most consequential1:40unresolved question. Head sites why it1:42was so easy for someone so young to get1:44a gun,1:44>> [music]1:44>> how he obtained the weapon and training,1:46and whether the second school shooting1:47this year will force a change in1:48enforcement where permits are restricted1:50on paper, but ownership remains high.Lees het artikelTijdlijn van het verhaalHeyDexDe korte video ↗