12-Year-Old Girl Dies After Thailand School Shooting, Raising Death Toll to Eight

• 12-year-old girl dies after Thailand school shooting
• Death toll reaches eight
• Seven remain in critical condition

A 12-year-old girl who had been hospitalized after being injured in a Thailand school shooting died Saturday, raising the death toll to eight in an attack that began at the home of a 14-year-old teenager and continued at his school north of Bangkok.

• Why it matters: The girl’s death changes the death toll initially reported by authorities, who had said that no students had died during the attack.

In addition, seven of the people who remained hospitalized were still in critical condition Saturday night.

A 12-year-old girl becomes the first student to die after the Thailand school shooting

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Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health confirmed that the girl died Saturday at a nearby hospital after remaining hospitalized for injuries sustained during the shooting.

The student was among more than 30 people injured when the 14-year-old teenager opened fire at the school.

Her death brings the total number of fatalities linked to the attack to eight: the teenager’s two grandparents, five school staff members, and now the 12-year-old girl.

The new information changes one of the details initially reported about the Thailand school shooting, as Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said Friday that five school workers had been killed but that no students had died.

The condition of other victims remains a concern. Fourteen people were still hospitalized Saturday night, seven of whom remained in critical condition.

Five school staff members died before the student

Police said the five victims initially reported dead inside the school were a mathematics teacher, a Thai-language teacher, a counselor, a student-affairs official, and a school secretary.

Before going to the school, the teenager had killed his two grandparents at the home where he lived with them because his parents were separated.

According to information released during the early stages of the investigation, the teenager used a firearm that belonged to his grandfather.

After the attack at the school in Thailand, the teenager used the weapon against himself and later died.

Authorities are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the attack, and police are questioning various witnesses, including the teenager’s parents.

The attacker’s father said he had never seen signs of violence

In statements made after the attack, the teenager’s father said he did not know what might have led his son to carry out the Thailand school shooting.

«My son is guilty… he hurt other people. I have nothing else to say. But I still don’t know why he did it,» he said.

The man also expressed his confusion over the killing of the teenager’s grandparents.

«I still don’t know why he had to kill his own grandfather and his own grandmother.»

The father said he had not previously noticed any behavior that made him think his son could commit an act of violence.

«I never saw any signs of violence in my son.»

Authorities had said the teenager was experiencing stress related to his studies, and the prime minister said that, according to information obtained from one of the teenager’s close friends, he had spoken about the academic pressure he was experiencing.

Thailand faces renewed questions over access to firearms

The attack has also reignited debate over the presence of firearms in Thailand, a country with one of the highest gun-ownership rates in the region.

Around 10 million firearms are reportedly in circulation in the country, equivalent to approximately one gun for every seven residents.

The tragedy comes after other recent incidents of gun violence at educational institutions, despite previous promises to tighten gun-control laws.

In February, a teenager opened fire at a school in southern Thailand, killing the principal before being arrested by police.

One of the country’s most serious incidents occurred in 2022, when a former police officer armed with a handgun and a knife stormed a daycare center in northern Thailand and killed 24 children and 12 adults.

Following the latest attack, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul promised to strengthen school security and increase measures designed to detect firearms.

«From now on, when police establish checkpoints, they must also conduct firearm inspections. Anyone found carrying a weapon illegally will face severe legal action,» he said.

The investigation continues as seven injured victims remain in critical condition and authorities work to reconstruct the circumstances that led the teenager to carry out one of the deadliest recent school attacks in Thailand.

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