Episode Details

A 14-year-old student opened fire at Debsirin Nonthaburi School near Bangkok, Thailand, on August 7, 2026, after police say he first killed his grandparents at their home using his grandfather's firearm. The teenager then carried the weapon to school, where he claimed more victims.

In this episode of You Can't Unhear, we reconstruct the Debsirin Nonthaburi School shooting, examine what investigators have revealed about the 14-year-old gunman and his access to his grandfather's weapon, and look at Thailand's complicated relationship with firearms. From the 2022 daycare massacre and 2023 Siam Paragon shooting to Thailand's millions of estimated civilian-held guns, this case raises a difficult question: when a firearm is already inside the family home, how do you stop it from reaching the wrong hands?