At least six people have been killed and more than a dozen others injured in a school shooting that took place at a high school in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand.

The attack unfolded at a school in Nonthaburi province, where a student allegedly opened fire before dying by suicide.

The shooter, who is reported to have died, was identified as a teenage student of the school in Nonthaburi province, just north of Bangkok.

The incident took place in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province north of Bangkok. Police identified the perpetrator as a student.

The injured students were not hurt by gunfire but as they were trying to flee, he said.

Six people have been killed and at least 15 people injured in a school shooting in Thailand

The shooting incident took place at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in ​the ‌Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi, just north of the capital city of Bangkok.

Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the region, with around 10 million firearms estimated to be in circulation, one for every seven inhabitants.

Police were called to Debsirin Nonthaburi School, north of Bangkok, on Friday after reports of an alleged gunman on the loose

Two people, including the suspected gunman, were killed and four others injured after gunfire broke out at a school in Thailand's Nonthaburi province on Friday, Reuters reported, c…