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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