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Two school shootings within eight weeks have exposed the Philippines to a form of violence it previously associated with other nations, revealing a dangerous convergence of normalised violence culture, adolescent digital isolation, and sophisticated online extremist recruitment.
Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has suspended new firearm carry permits nationwide for one year following a deadly school shooting that claimed nine lives, including the shooter's grandparents.
A secondary school student in Thailand fatally shot his grandparents before attacking Debsirin Nonthaburi School on Friday, killing seven people including himself and injuring 15 others in one of the country's deadliest recent shootings.
Three male secondary school students have been arrested in Ampang on suspicion of assaulting another student during a bullying incident. Police are conducting investigations into the matter.