[kellyhound]

A 14-year-old Grade 9 student launched a dual-location shooting rampage in Thailand Friday morning, executing his grandparents, in their late 60's, at home before killing 4 teachers at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Bang Kruai district.

The tragedy, which also left more than 23 people wounded, with nine victims listed in critical condition stands as the nation's deadliest school shooting in years and has forcefully reignited the fierce political debate surrounding gun ownership laws across Southeast Asia.

Patchat Yimruang, 14, shot his maternal grandparents in their residence in the neighboring Bang Bua Thong district around 8 AM before travelling to school where around 10 AM he slipped onto campus undetected, he drew a CZ-75 9mm semi-automatic pistol, which was legally registered to his grandfather, and opened fire near the lower-level classrooms where seventh to ninth graders study.

Footage from inside the classrooms captured frightened students crouching under desks and chairs as heavy, rhythmic gunfire echoed from the corridors above them.

Emergency responders arriving at the scene treated numerous victims suffering from severe gunshot wounds to the back, chest, and arms. Police reported that the gunman fired at least 26 rounds with extreme, pinpoint accuracy, intentionally targeting vital body areas.

At 10:30 a.m., as authorities and tactical units closed in, the shooter turned the weapon on himself in an upper-floor room.

Paramedics administered emergency CPR on-site, but he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at a nearby hospital.

Officials noted he still possessed over 30 rounds of live ammunition when his body was recovered.

School administrators reported that Yimruang had no prior history of violent behavior, though he had recently posted a photograph of his grandfather's handgun to a private social media profile.

While a definitive manifesto has not been recovered, a forensic digital investigation led by the national police began yielding early answers. Investigators seized nine electronic devices and computers from the boy's bedroom.

Cyber units revealed that Yimruang had extensively searched for and viewed websites dedicated to international mass shootings in the weeks leading up to the attack.

[deliverance_]

You'd wish they'd just shoot themselves before hand, rather than go on rampages killing innocent people and ruining lives.

Or at least target pedos / whatever. Not schools, it's so pathetically weak minded. Losers.

[Mr.NoCredit]

I don’t understand the mindset.

Glad he at least shot himself before shooting any more innocents.

[mrhorseshoe]

I have a CZ-75 as well. Excellent pistol.

[tricon7]

And, of course, when the shooter is faced with an armed defender, he offs himself. Too bad the school didn't have one on staff instead of pandering to the guns-are-evil lunatics.

[Caf002]

He looks like a dork……I am betting that is why it happened. The lil shit couldn’t accept his dorkdom!

[mr_feelgood]

Im glad this doesn't happen in America

[rhubarb_king]

Just because the whole world knows how pathetic and weak you are, doesn't give you the right to go and shoot it up. He will be remembered for being the weak little asshole that he was. What a "legacy". Hope his grave gets pissed on.