Teenager Opens Fire at School Near Bangkok
A teenage gunman killed at least five people before taking his own life at a school on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital after shooting his grandparents, police said . The incident marks the country’s deadliest mass shooting in nearly four years.
The shooting follows a pattern of gun violence that has periodically shaken the Southeast Asian nation. Below is a timeline of major shooting incidents in Thailand over the past six years.
Timeline of Major Shootings in Thailand
February 2026 — A female teacher died in the southern city of Hat Yai after a gunman opened fire at a school where she worked.
July 2025 — A shooter killed five people, including security guards and a vendor at a Bangkok market before turning the gun on himself.
October 2023 — A 14-year-old shot dead two people and wounded five others at Bangkok’s high-end Siam Paragon shopping centre, using a modified pistol intended to fire blanks.
October 2022 — A former policeman went on a gun-and-knife rampage that killed 36 people, including 22 children at a daycare centre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province. The incident was Thailand’s worst mass killing by a single perpetrator in recent history.
February 2020 — A soldier angry over a property deal killed at least 29 people and wounded 57 in four locations around Nakhon Ratchasima before being shot dead by security forces.
February 2020 — A man killed his ex-wife at a Bangkok shopping mall, shooting her at her workplace in a beauty clinic.
