Tributes to a secondary school teacher poured out across Thailand on Thursday after she died from gunshot wounds while defending students from a teen gunman who attacked her school in Hat Yai.
The horror unfolded on Wednesday afternoon when the 17-year-old, who was armed with a stolen gun, entered the Patongprathankiriwat School in Songkhla province and took a pupil hostage. Head teacher Sasiphat Sinsamosorn, 54, negotiated the release of the pupil in exchange for herself.
During the long...
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Tributes to a secondary school teacher poured out across Thailand on Thursday after she died from gunshot wounds while defending students from a teen gunman who attacked her school in Hat Yai.
The horror unfolded on Wednesday afternoon when the 17-year-old, who was armed with a stolen gun, entered the Patongprathankiriwat School in Songkhla province and took a pupil hostage. Head teacher Sasiphat Sinsamosorn, 54, negotiated the release of the pupil in exchange for herself.
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Tributes to a secondary school teacher poured out across Thailand on Thursday after she died from gunshot wounds while defending students from a teen gunman who attacked her school in Hat Yai.
The horror unfolded on Wednesday afternoon when the 17-year-old, who was armed with a stolen gun, entered the Patongprathankiriwat School in Songkhla province and took a pupil hostage. Head teacher Sasiphat Sinsamosorn, 54, negotiated the release of the pupil in exchange for herself.
During the long...
