Thailand school shooting: emergency details

Thailand school shooting: emergency details According to the local police, five people were killed and 23 were injured© REUTERS/ Chalinee ThirasupaBANGKOK, August 7. /TASS/. The student who carried out a shooting at a school in Thailand first shot and killed his grandparents at their home, Reuters reported, citing Thai police. Earlier reports said that five people were killed and 23 injured in the shooting at the school. According to the latest information, the student who carried out the attack committed suicide. TASS has compiled the key facts about the incident. Circumstances - A student opened fire at a school in Thailand’s Nonthaburi Province, north of Bangkok. - Thai police said that five people were killed and 23 injured. - Khaosod reported that the student who carried out the shooting committed suicide. - More than 3,000 pupils attend the school, which employs 147 teachers. - Reuters later reported, citing Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, that nine of those injured were in critical condition. Investigation, response - Law enforcement officers and emergency services are working at the scene, Khaosod reported. - Local residents were urged to avoid traveling to the area. - The student who opened fire first shot and killed his grandparents at their home, Reuters reported, citing Thai police. - Following the incident, Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ordered tighter controls on firearms. - Speaking to heads of administrative units, he stressed that neither ordinary citizens nor off-duty government employees should carry firearms in public places. - Charnvirakul said that the tragedy at the school had inflicted serious harm on society and called for stronger preventive measures nationwide. - The prime minister ordered local authorities to step up oversight of compliance with restrictions on carrying weapons and immediately hold violators accountable. - He later told reporters that he intended to discuss stricter firearms controls with the head of the national police. 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