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 […]
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Thailand school shooting toll rises to nine after death of 12-year-old girl, police say
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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 on himself.
(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat and Devjyot Ghoshal; Writing by John Mair; Editing by Sharon Singleton)