THE Public Health Ministry said in a Facebook post late this evening (Feb. 11) that three people had been injured in a hostage-taking crisis at a school in Hat Yai with the principal who was shot and earlier reported having died actually survived, TV Channel 7 said.
The gunman who stormed the school at 4.45 p.m. and took several students and teachers hostage then shooting the principal and a student was later apprehended.
The principal, who was shot in the chest and torso, underwent surgery at Hat Yai Hospital and is now under close supervision in the ICU.
A 14-year-old student was also shot in the abdomen and is still undergoing surgery at Songkhla Nakarin Hospital while a second student injured her ankle after falling for a height and was treated.
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The compound of the school where the shooting took place. Photo – Naewna
Earlier report:
Gunman holding students, teachers hostage surrenders
