泰国曼谷郊区暖武里府德布西林学校发生严重枪击事件。[1]一名14岁男生先后在家中和学校开枪，造成至少7人死亡、23人受伤。[1]枪手先杀害了祖父母，随后在校园内射杀5名教师，最终自杀身亡。[1]
枪手使用的9毫米手枪属于其祖父所有，已合法登记并持有许可证。[2]泰国总理阿努廷·查尔恩维拉库尔称这是一次"精心准备"的攻击，并透露根据警方从枪手好友处了解的信息，枪手的祖母是教师且对他管教严格，他为此感到压力很大。[1][2]枪手仍剩余30多发子弹未用。[1]
此事件再次凸显泰国的枪支问题。泰国拥有东南亚最高的民间枪支拥有率，超过700万人持有枪支，其中约100万是无证持枪者。[2]泰国法律规定非法持有武器最高可判刑10年。[1]
事件发生后，总理阿努廷承诺推行更严格的枪支管制法律，限制公众携带枪支，仅允许执勤的政府官员携带。[3]这是泰国今年第二起校园枪击案，4年前该国东北部农邦县曾发生大规模枪击事件，造成37人丧生，其中多数为幼儿园儿童。[2]
A 14-year-old student opened fire at his home and school in the Bangkok suburb of Nonthaburi, killing seven people and wounding 23 others.[1] The gunman first fatally shot his grandparents, aged 73 and 74, before proceeding to Debsirin School, where he killed five teachers.[3] The weapon used was a 9-millimeter handgun that belonged to the shooter's grandfather and was legally registered with a permit.[2][3] After the attacks, the gunman took his own life.[1]
According to police accounts cited by Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, the shooter's grandmother was a teacher at the school and may have been strict with him, causing him significant stress.[2]
The incident represents a severe outbreak of gun violence in Thailand, a country with among the highest rates of civilian gun ownership in Southeast Asia.[1] Over 7 million people own firearms in Thailand, with more than 1 million weapons held illegally.[3] The shooter still had over 30 rounds of ammunition remaining unused at the time of the incident.[1] Nine of the injured were reported to be in critical condition.[1]
Prime Minister Anutin vowed to introduce stricter gun control laws following the attack, stating the government would restrict public carrying of firearms to on-duty government officials only.[3] Thailand maintains severe penalties for illegal weapons possession, with sentences of up to 10 years imprisonment.[1]