- Title: Police remain at scene after gunman who fired shots in Thai school detained
- Date: 11th February 2026
- Summary: HAT YAI, THAILAND (FEBRUARY 11, 2026) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) POLICE CAR POLICE CAR AND VAN DRIVING INTO THE SCHOOL ARMED POLICE WALKING OUTSIDE SCHOOL GATE VARIOUS OF POLICE GUARDING GATE (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) POLICE OFFICER, VATCHARA KAEWJURAKAN, SAYING: "Now the situation is under control. We have already detained a gunman." REPORTER: "What are you doing inside ri
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- Keywords: POLICE SCHOOL SHOOTING THAILAND
- Location: HAT YAI, THAILAND
- City: HAT YAI, THAILAND
- Country: Thailand
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
- Reuters ID: LVA001463411022026RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A gunman who used a firearm stolen from a police officer to wound a teacher and a girl at a school in southern Thailand's Hat Yai district on Wednesday (February 11) has been detained, authorities said.
The 17-year-old suspect entered Patongprathankiriwat School in Songkhla Province's Hat Yai earlier in the day, appearing agitated, the provincial government said in a statement.
The suspect has a sister at the school, police commander Teerasak Chaiyotha said, but a motive has yet to be determined.
A female teacher was critically injured and had undergone surgery and was now in an intensive care unit, while a teen girl was shot in the waist and was now in stable condition, he added.
Police remained at the scene into the night on Wednesday, while people gathered outside the school's gates, including the father of one teacher, who told Reuters he was "so concerned" for his daughter.
The pair were soon reunited as she left the school gates.
Gun violence and ownership are not uncommon in Thailand. In 2002, 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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