STUDENT RIVALRY
A 9-year-old boy has been shot to death on a public bus and a 12-year-old girl wounded in separate brawls involving rival technical college students.
Classmates of Jatuporn Pholphaka, pictured separately, a Prathom 3 pupil at Wat Bamphen Nuea School, observe a moment’s silence upon learning of his death. Jatuporn’s desk was empty yesterday morning after he was killed during a fight between rival technical college students while on his way to school. APICHIT JINAKUL
Jatuporn Pholphaka, 9, known as Nong Thian, a Prathom 3 student at Wat Bamphen Nuea School, died yesterday morning after being rushed to a nearby hospital after being hit by bullets sprayed by a technical college student at the back door of a bus on which he was travelling.
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