February 11, 2026 | 09:51 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A gunman opened fire at a school in Songkhla Province in southern Thailand on Wednesday, with a police official saying three people were injured.
Another official told Reuters news agency that the gunman had been detained and that the hostages he had been holding had all been released.
The provincial administration had said earlier on social media that an 18-year-old man had entered the Patongprathankiriwat School in the town of Hat Yai and had taken several students and teachers hostage.
What have Thai officials said about the shooting incident?
"The perpetrator has been captured," Deputy Superintendent Wichian Soboon told Reuters.
He added that two people—a student and a teacher—were wounded in the incident, with other reports saying the suspect had also been injured after being shot by police.
In a conflicting casualty count, the Songkhla provincial government said in a statement that there had been no victims, though "about two to three gunshots were heard" after the gunman entered the school
Gun violence and ownership are not uncommon in Thailand.
In 2022, a former police officer killed 36 people, including 22 children, in a gun-and-knife attack at a nursery in the country's east.
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