A โgunman who fired โ shots at a school in Hat Yai district in southern โThailand on Wednesday (February 11, 2026) has been detained and โall the people โwho โ were held hostage โ have been freed, a police official told Reuters.
An 18-year-old man โentered the โPatongprathankiriwat School in Songkhla Provinceโs Hat Yai earlier on Wednesday (February 11, 2026) with a gun, the โprovincial administration said โon social media.
โThe perpetrator has been โ captured,โ Deputy Superintendent Wichian Soboon told Reuters.
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At least three โpeople were injured in the incident, a second police official said.
Gun violence and ownership are not uncommon in โThailand, where a former police officer killed โ36 people, including 22 children, in a โ gun-and-knife attack at a nursery โ in the countryโs east in 2022.