Hatyai school moves classes online after alleged threats by former foreign teacher
HATYAI Wittayalai School announced moving classes online on Monday and Tuesday (Aug. 10-11) after a former foreign teacher allegedly posted messages and images of weapons that appeared to be a threat to shoot the administrators and teachers, TV Channel 7 and PPTVHD36 said this evening (Aug. 8). At 4.20 p.m. Ms. Thivichaya Meechuworapong, the […]
Read MorePM rejects calls permitting teachers to carry firearms
AFTER the deadly school shooting by a 14-year-old male student leading to seven fatalities, including himself, within the premises with the perpetrator having also shot dead his grandparents prior to that Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Aug. 8) rejected proposals to allow teachers to carry firearms, TV Channel 7 and PPTVHD36 said. Anutin bluntly […]
Read MorePolice questioning teachers and classmates over deadly school shooting
POLICE investigators are urgently questioning teachers and classmates of a 14-year-old male student who went on a rampage killing five teachers, a young girl, and injuring over 20 others before taking his own life after having also killed his grandparents at their home in Nonthaburi yesterday (Aug. 7), Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said […]
Read MoreShooting spree teen followed similar incidents in US: Police
AN INSPECTION of the computer used by a 14-year-old male student who went on a rampage at Thepsinin School in Nonthaburi this morning (Aug. 7) killing seven people including himself and injuring 15 others revealed a history of searching for similar incidents in the US, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Wattana Yijin, commander […]
Read More13 children hurt as car rams into development centre after 7 die in school shooting spree
A SECOND incident involving young children occurred today (Aug. 7) with a car crashing into a child development centre in Kanchanaburi’s Mueang district injuring 13 sleeping tots after a secondary school male student went on a shooting spree at his school in Nonthaburi leaving seven dead including himself and 15 others injured, Amarin TV and […]
Read MoreWhat expat families should know about living near Shrewsbury International School Bangkok
Sponsored article by Anucha Kasun MOST expat families pick their school first and worry about the apartment later. But if you’re enrolling at Shrewsbury International School Bangkok, where you live will shape everyday life in ways that go well beyond the morning commute. Shrewsbury sits on the river in Sathorn, and the district around it […]
Read More13 hurt as school van slams into power pole
A SCHOOL VAN crashed into a power pole in Pathum Thani province early this morning (July 6) leading to 12 male high school students and the driver getting injured, Amarin TV said. At 7.30 a.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Namchok Duangsuwan, investigating officer at Pak Khlong Rangsit police station, was alerted of this accident on […]
Read MoreUnlicensed school on Koh Phangan raided
A TEAM of soldiers and policemen raided an unlicensed school on Koh Phangan where over a hundred foreign students, among them many from Israel, were studying and also rounded foreign teachers working there without permits, Amarin TV said today (May 2). Lt. Gen. Norathip Poinok, commander of the 4th Army Region and director of […]
Read MoreUpdate: 3 injured in school hostage-taking crisis, no fatalities
THE Public Health Ministry said in a Facebook post late this evening (Feb. 11) that three people had been injured in a hostage-taking crisis at a school in Hat Yai with the principal who was shot and earlier reported having died actually survived, TV Channel 7 said. The gunman who stormed the school at […]
Read MoreUpdate: 3 injured in school hostage-taking crisis, no fatalities
THE Public Health Ministry said in a Facebook post late this evening (Feb. 11) that three people had been injured in a hostage-taking crisis at a school in Hat Yai with the principal who was shot and earlier reported having died actually survived, TV Channel 7 said. The gunman who stormed the school at […]
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