Breaking: Fatalities reported at school shooting in Thailand

Breaking: Fatalities reported at school shooting in Thailand

At least one teacher has been killed and four other people injured by a student who opened fire at a school in Thailand north of ‌Bangkok before killing himself, authorities said.Provincial Police Commander Dechrapee Kongdee Nonthaburi confirmed the casualties to ‌Reuters and said the suspected gunman had ⁠killed themselves.Among those injured were one teacher ‌and three students, he said.The ‌incident took place in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province.Police identified the perpetrator as a student.One 18-year-old student told Reuters he initially thought there were firecrackers going off or someone banging an object."I didn't think it was a gun at first," ‌he said."There were many shots: bang bang bang. Then it went quiet. Then it started again."In photos circulated by emergency workers, students ‌streamed out of the Debsirin Nonthaburi School, on the north-western outskirts of Bangkok, as ambulances ⁠operated.In February a teacher died and a student was injured in ⁠southern Thailand's Hat Yai district after a gunman opened fire at ‌a school.Reuters

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