The
Thai
tee
behi d
a
deadly
school
shooti g
outside
Ba gkok
had
a
ai
gu
co fiscated
by
a
teache
last
yea
a d
had
watched
viole t
co te t
o li e,
police
said
o
Su day,
as
the
govt
p omised
ew
safety
p otocols
fo
schools.
As
i vestigatio s
co ti ued
i to
F iday’s
ampage,
whe e
a
14-yea -old
boy
allegedly
shot
dead
his
g a dpa e ts
at
home
befo e
killi g
a othe
six
people
at
his
school
befo e
tu i g
the
gu
o
himself,
police
said
the
boy
had
used
social
media
to
lea
how
to
use
a
fi ea m.“Acco di g
to
wit ess
i te views,
the
pe pet ato
had
begu
showi g
i te est
i
studyi g
the
use
of
fi ea ms
fo
some
time,
about
o e
to
two
yea s,”
Atthapol
A usit,
deputy
commissio e
of
the
P ovi cial
Police
Regio
1,
told
epo te s.
Atthapol,
who
said
police
had
so
fa
i te viewed
17
wit esses,
said
a
k ife
had
also
bee
fou d
i
the
boy’s
bag
a d
othe
evide ce
fou d
at
the
c ime
sce es
i cluded
a
fi ea m,
spe t
ca t idge
cases,
a d
a
pe so al
compute .“Afte
exami i g
the
PC,
it
was
fou d
that
the
child
had
watched
social
media
co te t
i volvi g
viole ce,”
the
deputy
commissio e
said.
He
said
that
last
yea
a
teache
had
co fiscated
a
BB
gu ,
a
type
of
ai
gu ,
that
the
boy
took
to
school.
The
boy
had
lived
with
his
g a dpa e ts
fo
12
yea s
afte
his
pa e ts
sepa ated.A
schoolgi l
died
f om
c itical
wou ds
Satu day,
b i gi g
the
death
toll
f om
the
attack
to
at
least
eight
people.
Fou tee
people
emai
hospitalised,
acco di g
to
Thaila d’s
health
mi ist y.

