Student gunman kills at least 7 people at Thai high school and a home outside Bangkok, officials say

A student gunman killed at least seven people in an attack at a high school outside Bangkok on Friday morning, and authorities said the shooter also appeared to have killed two grandparents at a separate location, according to officials cited by The Washington Times. The incident occurred in Thailand’s Bangkok metropolitan area, where emergency responders and police were deployed after reports of gunfire.

In the school attack, authorities said the student opened fire at the high school and killed at least five people, with several others wounded. Witnesses and victims’ families have faced the immediate consequences of a sudden attack at an education facility, and officials moved to secure the scene while investigators worked to determine the timeline of the shootings.

Officials said the gunman then appeared to have carried out a separate killing at a home before police located him. They said the shooter’s grandparents were among those who died, bringing the total deaths in the case to at least seven. Authorities have not indicated publicly in the report what led the student to target the school or the household.

The assault, which began in the morning hours, triggered a public safety response that included police securing the immediate area, paramedics treating the wounded, and investigators documenting evidence at the school. Officials also treated the home killings as part of the same incident sequence, rather than unrelated events, though the details were still being investigated.

Thai authorities have not, in the report, provided further specifics such as the student’s identity, the exact number of injured, or the circumstances surrounding the gunman’s access to a weapon. Officials did not indicate whether the shooter was taken into custody or died during the operation, and the full status of criminal charges, if any, was not stated.

As investigators continue to process the scenes at both the school and the home, officials are expected to focus on how the attack unfolded, including the movement between locations and the evidence linking the gunman to both shootings. The case also raises questions for local authorities about school security measures and how communities respond to warnings and emergency calls during fast-moving incidents.