Three people were injured after a gunman opened fire and held students and teachers hostage at a school in Hat Yai district in southern Thailand on Wednesday, police said.
An 18-year-old man armed with a gun entered Patongprathankiriwat School in Songkhla province earlier in the day, according to the provincial administration. The suspect opened fire near the end of the school day, before taking an unknown number of students and teachers hostage inside the building.
Deputy Superintendent Wichian Soboon told Reuters the perpetrator had been captured. Police later confirmed that all hostages were freed. A second police official said at least three people were injured in the incident.
Officers from Hat Yai Police Station, along with special operations forces and rescue units, surrounded the school, secured the area and evacuated people from safe zones as authorities coordinated efforts to bring the situation under control.
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