A gunman who fired shots at a school in Hat Yai district in southern Thailand on Wednesday (February 11) has been detained and all the people who were held hostage have been freed, a police official told Reuters.

The 18-year-old man, who could be seen being held down on the ground by armed officers, entered the Patongprathankiriwat School in Songkhla Province's Hat Yai earlier on Wednesday with a gun, the provincial administration said on social media.

Deputy Superintendent Wichian Soboon said that two people, a student and a teacher, were wounded in the incident.

Gun violence and ownership are not uncommon in Thailand, where a former police officer killed 36 people, including 22 children, in a gun-and-knife attack at a nursery in the country's east in 2022.

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HAT YAI, THAILAND (FEBRUARY 11, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. AMBULANCE ENTERING SCHOOL

2. SUSPECT ON FLOOR SURROUNDED BY POLICE

3. SCHOOL CHILDREN LEAVING SCHOOL BUILDING

4. PEOPLE HUGGING EACH OTHER

5. POLICE STANDING BY VEHICLE

6. POLICE HOLDING BACK CROWDS

7. VARIOUS OF AMBULANCES AT SCENE