PM 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 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 MoreThird Siam Paragon shooting victim dies
RELATIVES of a 30-year-old Thai woman who has been in coma after being shot in the head and body by a 14-year-old suspect who went on a shooting spree in Siam Paragon mall on Oct. 3 said she died peacefully at 2 a.m. today (Oct. 13), Amarin TV and Sanook.com said. Ms. Penpiwan Mitthampitak, […]
Read MoreTeen shooter’s dad bows at the feet of Myanmar victim’s mother
THE FATHER of a 14-year-old suspect who went on a shooting spree in Siam Paragon mall last Tuesday (Oct. 3) killing two women, one from Myanmar and the other from China, was told upon bowing at the feet of the former’s mother during a funeral service in Nonthaburi that she was not angry with […]
Read MoreTeachers, students say teen shooter was not aggressive
A TEAM OF psychiatrists talked to the teachers and students at the school attended by the 14-year-old boy who went on a shooting spree at Siam Paragon mall killing two people and injuring five others on Tuesday (Oct. 3) and they all said he did not display any aggressive behaviour during this time but […]
Read MoreThree held for selling pistol to teen suspect in mall shooting
TWO MEN were arrested in southern Yala province and one in Bangkok on the charges of selling a modified blank pistol to a 14-year-old boy detained after going on a shooting spree at Siam Paragon mall on Tuesday (Oct. 3) killing two persons and injuring five others, TV Channel 7 said today (Oct. 5). […]
Read MoreTeenager charged with murder, parents don’t apply for bail
ALTHOUGH the 14-year-old boy who killed two persons and injured five others during a shooting spree at Siam Paragon mall was charged with premeditated murder and illegal possession of a firearm and ordered into juvenile detention by the Central Juvenile and Family Court yesterday (Oct. 4), it is noteworthy that his parents did not […]
Read More24 out of 36 killed in shooting spree were children
THE MASSACRE at a child care centre at Na Klang district, Nong Bua Lamphu province, this afternoon (Oct. 6) left 36 people dead of whom 24 were small children and 12 others injured, Matichon newspaper said at 4 p.m. Only one child survived the shooting by Pol. Lt. Col. Panya Khamrab, a non-official policeman who […]
Read MoreDrug-crazed gunman kills 3 in shooting spree at Chiang Rai village
A DRUG-CRAZED unemployed gunman went on a shooting spree at a Chiang Rai village killing three persons including a four-year-old girl and injuring two others this afternoon (July 14), Matichon newspaper said. Upon getting a report from Mr. Manop Boonyuenkul, headman of Pa Kia village in Tha Ko subdistrict, Mae Suai district, at 12.30 […]
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