Schoolboy killed in bus shooting

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Published: 1/09/2010 at 01:17 PM
Online news: Breakingnews

An eight-year-old schoolboy was killed in a shooting at a bus by a number of technical school students on Ramkhamhaeng road on Wednesday morning, police reported.

Police said the shooting took place about 7am.

A group of youths dressed in technical school uniforms followed bus No 113 (Min Buri-Hua Lamphong) on motorcycles along Ramkhamhaeng road.

At an intersection, the students opened fire at the bus, which was fully loaded with passengers, and a bullet hit the schoolboy.

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Schoolboys mourn the death of their classmate

The bus driver sped away from the students and stopped at Kasemrat Hospital, where the boy was admitted for treatment, before going to report the attack to police.

The boy, who was not identified, was pronounced dead at the hospital.

In another incident, a 12-year-old girl student was shot and wounded while riding on a minibus along Phuttharaksa road in Muang district of Samut Pakan province on Wednesday morning.

Suthita Luecha, a Mathayom 1 student of Noppakhun Witthaya School, told police the incident took place about 7am while she was riding on the minibus from Nakhon Thong housing estate to her school in Samut Prakan.

On the way, the minibus stopped to pick up five or six students of Samut Prakan Technical School in front of Wat Phraeksa.

While the minibus was passing in front of the bus No25 terminal, one of about 10 students of Chamni Technical School on the roadside fired a shot from a pen gun and the bullet hit her in the right shoulder.

Police later rounded up more than 30 students of both Chamni Technology and Samut Prakan Technology schools who were about to clash and seized about 20 knives from them.

Bron: Bangkok Post / www.bangkokpost.com

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PM targets pupil feuds

**Orders measures to deal with inter-school brawls **

Published: 6/09/2010 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has instructed the Education Ministry to propose further measures to curb inter-school violence.

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Mr Abhisit said during his weekly radio and TV broadcast yesterday that he had ordered Education Minister Chinnaworn Boonyakiat to report on the issue of violence among students from rival Bangkok schools during tomorrow’s cabinet meeting.

He said he had instructed officials to take serious action against those instigating violence, and the Education Ministry would also discuss the matter with relevant agencies.

Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra yesterday led a group of students from seven vocational institutes to attend the funeral of 9-year-old Jatuporn Pholphaka, who was killed after being hit by stray bullets allegedly fired by a technical student, at Wat Bamphen Nuea in Min Buri district.

Jatuporn, known as Nong Thian, a Prathom 3 student at Wat Bamphen Nuea School, died on Wednesday morning. He was allegedly shot by a student from Bang Kapi Technology School while on a bus. Police said the assailant was aiming at a group from a rival school on the same bus.

MR Sukhumbhand led the students in also making merit by cleaning the compound of Wat Bamphen Nuea where the funeral was held.

He said the boy’s death should draw attention to the deadly threat posed by inter-school rivalries.

The governor cautioned students against squandering their educations by getting involved in pointless feuds with groups from other schools.

Three students from Thepsirin High School were injured on Saturday after being attacked by students from rival schools at Mahboonkrong shopping complex in Pathumwan district.

Mr Chinnaworn yesterday visited the three _ Tinnapob Keeratiwarakul, 17, Panapat Teekanantaporn, 17, Nattapon Nantasen, 15 _ at the hospital.

He said the ministry was gravely concerned about the rise in inter-school violence over the past two weeks.

The minister said the executives of 40 high schools in Bangkok where many of the students who engage in inter-school violence are enrolled would attend a meeting at parliament to discuss the problem.

*Bron: Bangkok Post / www.bangkokpost.com *