Thai PM flags gun control after school shooter kills seven | ABC NEWS

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A Thai teenager has killed at least five people and himself at a school outside Bangkok after shooting dead his grandparents, police say. Those killed at the school were all teachers and staff, while a further 23 people were injured in the incident on Friday, police said. Thailand's prime minister has vowed to reform gun control in the country following the incident. The shooting on Friday is the second school shooting in Thailand this year after a teacher died and a student was injured in ⁠southern Thailand's Hat Yai district after a gunman opened fire at ‌a school in February. Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia

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