List of school attacks in Thailand

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This is a list of attacks on schools in Thailand. The term "attack" includes cases where one or more perpetrators intend to kill or injure people at an educational establishment.

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20th century

DateCityLocationPerpetrator(s)DeadInjuredTotalDescriptionNotes
March 3, 1976 Bang Phlat Bangkok 325Bombing at Phraramhok Technological College: Bombing hits five people, killing some of them. [1]
September 21, 1976 Nong Khaem Bangkok56065Bombing results in five dead and hundreds injured at Mubankru Technological College [2]
October 6, 1976Sanam LuangBangkok40+167207+ Thammasat University massacre
August 3, 1983 Chiang Rai Suthat Wannasarn (43)336Suthat Wannasar, armed with a stick and a sword, attacked children at a nursery school, killing three and wounding three others [3]

21st century

DateCityLocationPerpetrator(s)DeadInjuredTotalDescriptionNotes
June 4, 2002 Ban Kha Ratchaburi Unnamed shooters31215Armed assailants fired shots at a school bus that was trying to evade the group; three people died. [4]
June 6, 2003 Nakhon Si Thammarat Nakhon Si ThammaratAnatcha Boonkwan (17)246 Pak Phanang school shooting: A student shot six classmates at a high school; two 17-year-old students died in the attack.
September 9, 2005 Bangkok BangkokJitrada Tantiwanichayasuk (34)044A 34-year-old woman identified as Jitrada Tantiwanichayasuk stabbed four girls at a school before fleeing on a motorcycle [5]
March 17, 2007Saba Yoi Songkhla Unnamed perpetrators3710A group of perpetrators attacked an Islamic school, killing three and wounding seven others. [6]
March 2, 2017Khok Sato Narathiwat Unnamed perpetrator415Four unidentified gunmen opened fire on people who were on a school bus, killing four people [7]
September 14, 2022 Bangkok BangkokYongyuth Mangkonkim (58)213A shooting attack occurred at the Army War College, resulting in the death of two people and the wounding of a third. The shooter from Yongyuth Mangkonkim later surrendered. [8] [9]
October 6, 2022 Nong Bua Lamphu Nong Bua LamphuPanya Khamrab (34)26 (including a fetus)1-227-28 2022 Nong Bua Lamphu massacre: Panya Khamrab stormed a daycare center and attacked dozens of children and four or five staff members, including a pregnant woman. Twenty-six people died, including the pregnant staff member and her fetus, before the attacker fled.
February 11, 2026 Hat Yai Songkhla Unnamed perpetrator03 [a] 3 2026 Hat Yai school shooting: A shooting at Patongprathankiriwat School leaves three injured, including the shooter himself

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Notes

  1. Includes the perpetrator.

References

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  6. Press, Associated (25 March 2015). "Muslim Villagers Riot in Thailand After Attackers Kill 3 Children at Islamic School". Associated Press. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
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