School Shooting

• The death toll from a school shooting in Thailand has risen to nine after a 12-year-old girl succumbed to her injuries. • The incident occurred on Friday, leaving several victims and prompting an immediate police investigation into the attack. • The tragedy highlights critical concerns regarding firearm accessibility, as Thailand has the highest civilian gun ownership rate in Southeast Asia and ranks 13th globally.

• Thai Deputy PM Anutin is advocating for stricter gun laws and increased checkpoints following a shocking school shooting in Nonthaburi. • The proposed measures include rigorous inspections and severe legal charges for individuals carrying firearms in public without official authorization. • This move aims to curb public violence and enhance school safety in response to the recent tragedy.

Teenage girl treated in hospital after Friday’s school shooting has died, police sayThe 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 said the girl, who had been treated at hospital with critical wounds, had died, a day after a 14-year-old boy allegedly shot his grandparents and then killed more people at his school before turning the gun on ⁠himself. Continue reading...

• A tragic school shooting in Thailand has resulted in at least 8 deaths, though further details on the perpetrator and motive remain pending. • On August 7, 2026, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. • The meeting has sparked widespread speculation regarding a potential political alliance between the SAD and the BJP.

At least 15 other people injured after student ⁠opened fire at Debsirin Nonthaburi school, north of BangkokThailand school shooting – latest updatesA Thai teenager killed at least six people and himself at a school outside Bangkok, after fatally shooting his grandparents, in the country’s worst mass shooting since 2022.Seven people ⁠were ⁠killed in the attack and 15 were wounded, ‌Thai police ⁠said on Friday. Continue reading...

Cole Gray pleaded guilty to 55 counts, including murder, for shooting at Apalachee high school in 2024Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA US judge on Tuesday sentenced a teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee high school in Georgia to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole.Colt Gray, 16, had pleaded guilty on Friday to 55 counts, including murder, in the 4 September 2024, shooting at the school about 45 miles (73 kilometers) north-east of Atlanta. Gray, who was 14 at the time, was charged as an adult. Continue reading...

Company supplying drones said Ukraine-war inspired effort, where technique was effective in face of Russian attackSeveral schools across the US are set to install pepper-spraying drones as part of a new effort to respond to school shooting attacks – a Ukraine war-inspired approach that is bound to put off those who would prefer leaders focus on preventing the violence in the first place.Campus Guardian Angel of Austin, Texas, which describes itself as a response capability company, is providing the drones in question to multiple schools across the country, including at least four schools in Georgia, three in Florida and one in Colorado. Continue reading...

Colt Gray, now 16, expected to change plea after pleading not guilty to 55 criminal counts in Apalachee shootingThe teenager accused of killing two students and two teachers during a 2024 shooting at Apalachee high school in Georgia has been scheduled to appear in court later in July for a “non-negotiated” plea hearing, according to records.Documents filed on Friday in Barrow county superior court in Winder, Georgia, show that Colt Gray is expected to change his plea at a hearing on 24 July, with the court scheduled to hold proceedings for both the plea and sentencing, as the Associated Press reported. Continue reading...

Investigators said one of the teenagers who allegedly opened fire on students at a high school had regularly used the GoreBox gaming appPhilippine authorities have temporarily blocked the online gaming app GoreBox days after a rare school shooting in the south-east Asian nation killed three students and injured 20 others.Investigators said that of the two teenagers accused of opening fire on students at San Jose National high school in Tacloban city, one had regularly played the game, which allows players to use various weapons and depicts graphic violence. Continue reading...

Tumbler Ridge secondary school was site of February mass shooting in which nine were killed and dozens were injuredThe school which was the site of one of Canada’s deadliest mass shootings will be torn down, officials have announced.The decision to demolish the Tumbler Ridge secondary school came after meetings between the school board and survivors, family and community members, said British Columbia premier David Eby. Continue reading...

Martha Odom, 16, died from a gunshot wound to the chest according to the local coroner’s statementA high school senior has been identified as the person killed in a mass shooting that also wounded five others when two groups exchanged gunfire inside the food court at a mall in Louisiana’s capital city on Thursday afternoon, according to officials.Martha Odom, 16, died from a gunshot wound to the chest, according to a statement issued Friday by the local coroner’s office. Continue reading...