Thailand Tightens Gun Controls After Deadly School Shooting
Anutin Charnvirakul ordered tighter gun controls and penalties after a 14-year-old killed nine people before shooting himself, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul suspended firearm licenses, ordering police to stop issuing new permits and calling for "tighter controls and decisive penalties" following last week's deadly school shooting.
- A 14-year-old boy killed his grandparents on Friday before attacking Debsirin Nonthaburi School, where he murdered five staff members and a 12-year-old student before taking his own life.
- Mourners gathered Tuesday at the Tem Rak Samakkhi Buddhist temple to cremate the bodies, with the boy's smaller casket placed alongside his grandparents' white caskets surrounded by white flowers.
- Investigators cite academic stress and bullying as potential motives, while Somjai Poosod, whose grandchildren attend the school, said "I feel there is an issue of mental health" requiring attention.
- Thailand maintains one of the region's highest gun ownership rates, and past government promises to tighten firearm laws have failed to prevent repeated shootings.
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