Families retrieve bodies after deadly shooting rampage outside Bangkok

Published On 8 Aug 20268 Aug 2026Families have retrieved the bodies of their loved ones a day after a mass shooting at a school and a home outside Bangkok, as a 12-year-old girl died in hospital, raising the death toll to nine, including the teenage shooter.A 14-year-old schoolboy opened fire at about 10am local time (03:00 GMT) on Friday at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Bang Kruai district, Nonthaburi province, northwest of the Thai capital, before taking his own life. According to officials, the boy appeared to have killed his two grandparents at their home earlier in the morning.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Bangkok’s ambulance volunteers: Saving lives or putting them at risk?list 2 of 3Bangkok pub fire kills 27, wounds dozens: What we knowlist 3 of 3Bangkok bar fire death toll rises to 30 as police probe possible negligenceend of listAll eight bodies – five school staff members, the alleged attacker and his grandparents – were collected by early Saturday afternoon from Bangkok’s Institute of Forensic Medicine. Emergency workers brought out a coffin and loaded it onto an ambulance, which will transport them to their hometown for funeral rites.Sixteen people are s...