Deaths reported at school shooting in Thailand, officials say

(Reuters)

BANGKOK, Aug 7 – An unconfirmed number of people were killed ​when a student opened fire at ‌a school in Thailand north of Bangkok on Friday, authorities said.

Lt. Col. Pasakorn Chaitawiwong, ​the head of the Plai ​Bang subdistrict police department, told Reuters ⁠the number of deaths was still ​unknown.

The incident took place in the ​Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province. Police identified the perpetrator as a student. There were ​no further details provided.

In photos circulated ​by emergency workers, students streamed out of the ‌Debsirin ⁠Nonthaburi School, on the northwestern outskirts of Bangkok, as ambulances operated. In one photo, one person is seen ​lying down ​on a ⁠stretcher outside an ambulance, while another is attended to ​by a medic.

In February a ​teacher ⁠died and a student was injured in southern Thailand’s Hat Yai district after ⁠a ​gunman opened fire at a ​school.