Thailand school shooting toll rises to nine after death of 12-year-old girl, police say

Family members of a teacher killed in a deadly shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School, react as they receive the body at Police General Hospital, in Bangkok, Thailand, August 8, 2026. REUTERS/Valeria Mongelli

BANGKOK, Aug ⁠8 (Reuters) - The death ⁠toll from a ‌school shooting in Thailand rose to nine on Saturday, ​after police ⁠said a 12-year-old ⁠girl caught up in ⁠Friday's ‌incident had died.

Police at ⁠the Plai Bang Police Station ​in ‌Nonthaburi Province told ⁠Reuters the ​girl had died on Saturday, a ⁠day after a ​14-year-old boy allegedly shot his grandparents and then ⁠killed five more people at his school before turning the ​gun ⁠onhimself.

(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat ​and Devjyot ‌Ghoshal; Writing by ​John Mair; Editing by Sharon Singleton)