National police report that he first used his grandfather's handgun to kill his grandparents, before continuing the shooting at a secondary school in Nonthaburi province, bordering Bangkok, with the perpetrator then dying by suicide.
Thailand Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters at the scene that "police interrogated his close friend, who said the suspect had been under stress" related to his schooling, and "his actions also suggested that he had clearly planned" the assault, Anutin added. Another student, Purin Khumchoo, said he was among the students who had nearly been shot. "He was my junior, but I had a feeling that he was a troubled kid. My group of friends who knew him said he was interested in the FBI and guns, and that he was bullied by many other students," Purin told reporters.
This incident marks the second school shooting in Thailand this year, with the country having one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the region, with around 10 million firearms estimated to be in circulation - one for every seven inhabitants.
'Boy Bops' - a term coined by Saturday Breakfast show host Alina Khan and discussed with Tom and Chiz, attempting to define a new sub-genre of music. Picture a bunch of men a few pints deep, bouncing, arms aloft, belting out songs that are more traditionally seen as aimed at women, and that's Boy Bop. Some mooted examples - Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield, Boom Boom Boom Boom by the Vengaboys, and Can't Get You Outta My Head by Kylie Minogue.
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