Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Thai student killed grandparents before school shooting, police say
A very sad and scary thing happened in Thailand.
A student is believed to have hurt his grandparents at their home.
Police found that the grandparents had died.
Then the same student went to school.
At school, another bad thing happened and people were killed.
Police first thought six people died at the school.
Later, they said that four of the people who died were teachers.
Police also found the student dead.
The gun used was a 9mm handgun.
It belonged to the student's grandfather, who had been a teacher.
Police are still trying to understand exactly what happened.
A Thai student suspected in a shooting is reported to have killed his grandparents before heading to school.
Thailand's public health minister said the elderly couple was found deceased at their home.
Police identified the weapon as a 9mm handgun belonging to the shooter's grandfather, who was a teacher.
Initial law enforcement reports said six people were killed in the school shooting; authorities later confirmed four of the deceased were teachers.
The suspected shooter was also found dead.
- Who
- A Thai student suspected as the shooter, his grandparents, four teachers, and Thailand's public health minister
- What
- The student allegedly killed his grandparents before going to school, where a shooting resulted in the deaths of four teachers; the suspect was later found dead
- When
- Not specified in the articles
- Where
- The grandparents' home and a school in Thailand
- Why
- Not stated in the articles
- Suspected shooter
- A Thai student, found dead
- Victims at home
- The student's grandparents, found deceased at their home
- School shooting deaths
- Four teachers confirmed dead; initial reports said six killed
- Weapon
- 9mm handgun
- Weapon owner
- The shooter's grandfather, a teacher, according to police
- Source of official information
- Thailand's public health minister and law enforcement reports