A 14-year-old boy in Thailand has been accused of a deadly school shooting that left at least 9 people dead, including himself, after he had watched violent online content and used social media to learn how to use a firearm. The boy had previously been found with an air gun confiscated by a teacher last year and was shown to have watched violent content on his personal computer. According to police, the boy's interest in firearms began about one to two years ago, and he had not practiced shooting before the incident. The Thai government has promised new safety protocols for schools, including mental health screenings and emergency response drills.
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A 14-year-old boy in Thailand has been accused of shooting and killing at least 8 people, including himself and his grandparents, at a school outside Bangkok on Friday. The police say that the boy had been watching violent online content and used social media to learn how to use a firearm. An air gun was confiscated from him last year, but he still managed to carry out the deadly shooting at his school. The death toll has risen to 9 after a 12-year-old girl died in hospital. The Thai government has promised to develop new safety protocols for schools, including mental health screenings and emergency response plans, over the next three months. The mother of the teen has spoken out about the devastating impact of the shootings.
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14-year-old accused in deadly school shooting in Thailand had watched violent online content, police say
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Death toll rises to at least 9, including the shooter, after schoolgirl dies in hospital
An air gun was confiscated last year from the 14-year-old boy accused in a school shooting outside Bangkok that left several people dead, police said Sunday as the Thai government promised new safety protocols for schools.
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The boy had also watched violent content online and used social media to learn how to use a firearm, according to police.
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He's charged with killing his grandparents at home Friday before shooting another six people at his school and then turning the gun on himself.
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The death toll rose to at least nine, including the shooter, after a 12-year-old died in hospital.
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The mother of the teen has also now spoken out about the devastating impact of the shootings.
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Atthapol Anusit, deputy commissioner of the Provincial Police Region 1, told reporters that, according to witnesses, "the perpetrator had begun showing interest in studying the use of firearms for some time, about one to two years," Atthapol Anusit, deputy commissioner of the Provincial Police Region 1, told reporters.
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Atthapol, who said police had so far interviewed 17 witnesses, said a knife had also been found in the boy's bag and other evidence found at the crime scenes included a firearm, spent cartridge cases and a personal computer.
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"After examining the PC, it was found that the child had watched social media content involving violence," the deputy commissioner said, adding there was no evidence yet that he had practised shooting.
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He said that last year, a teacher had confiscated a BB gun, a type of air gun, that the boy took to school.
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The boy had lived with his grandparents for 12 years after his parents had separated, Atthapol said.
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The Ministry of Education said it would develop new safety protocols over the next three months, including mental health screenings and a system to refer at-risk people to specialists, drills for emergency response plans, a drive to stamp out bullying and better detection to stop items from being taken into schools.
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Along with those who died, more than 20 people were injured in Thailand's worst mass shooting since 2022 that has reignited debate over firearms control in Southeast Asia's largest gun-owning nation.
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Mom of accused expressed worry
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The boy's mother said she last saw him during a recent school holiday.
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"On the day it happened," she said, she didn't know he was the accused.
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She added that she sent him messages and tried to call when she heard there had been a shooting.
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"I just told him, 'If anything's wrong, contact me, I’m worried.'
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She also apologized on his behalf.
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"We are truly devastated, because no one thought this would happen."
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