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Thai School Reopens After Deadly Shooting With Heightened Security
Police and civil defence volunteers were deployed as the school resumed classes and mental health support continued after the attack.
- On Tuesday, Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Bangkok reopened amid heightened security, including police deployments and mandatory bag checks, three weeks after a deadly shooting rampage.
- A 14-year-old student killed seven people, including five staff and one pupil, on August 7, after fatally shooting his grandparents at their home.
- White ribbons adorned the fence and a screen displayed victims' images as memorials. Student Adisorn Deesa said, "I think my friends are happy to be back too."
- Parent Thongbai Muenjit said the school would "put strict and thorough safety measures in place," yet expressed worry about his 15-year-old daughter's mental state returning to campus.
- Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul suspended firearm permit issuance following the incident, which ranks as Thailand's deadliest mass shooting in nearly four years amid 10.3 million civilian-held firearms.
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Bangkok, 1 Sep (EFE).- The school north of Bangkok staged in early August one of the worst shootings of the last years in Thailand, in which nine people lost their lives, resumed on Tuesday the classroom classes under strict security measures. Faced with a poster with black and white photographs [...] The entry The Thai school where a shooting left 9 dead resumed classes under strict security was first published in HolaNews.
Debsirin Nonthaburi School reopens 3 weeks after shooting
Parents dropped children at the Nonthaburi campus this week as police and staff checked bags along the route to the gate, weeks after the August 7 shooting. The story Debsirin Nonthaburi School reopens 3 weeks after shooting as seen on Thaiger News.
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