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Another senseless incident of suspected student violence has left two Bangkok bus passengers dead and two injured.

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Relatives, including YupinThanomnoom (wearing glasses), the twin sister of Yupa Prai-ngam, 48,who was killed on Wednesday in a shooting on a bus, collects her body at the Police Hospital’s Institute of Forensic Medicine yesterday. APICHIT JINAKUL

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Student violence leaves two dead

Another senseless incident of suspected student violence has left two Bangkok bus passengers dead and two injured.

The shooting took place on the outbound Vibhavadi-Rangsit highway when students ambushed the bus at a bus stop.

The suspected target was Wanchai Thongsongkaew, a first-year student at Thaivichitsilp Art School who was one of the two killed. The other was a 48-year-old woman Yupa Prai-ngam

The shooting also injured  Kalsinee Jianjitpoo, an 18-year-old female passenger, and Chaisit Thaimuang, 22, a vocational school student.
 
Wanchai's Thaivichitsilp Art School in Chatuchak has been ordered to close for three days to head off possible reprisal attacks.

Police suspect the shooting was carried out by students from a rival school, most likely Don Muang Technical School. Both schools have a history of school rivalry.

The bus in which the dead and injured passengers were riding. THITI WANNAMONTHA

Don Muang Technical School director Weeradej Luenghiran said the school needs more time to investigate if its students were involved.

"We aren't sure if our students were involved. So we aren't suspending any classes to avoid affecting students," he said.

Metropolitan Police Bureau deputy commissioner Pisit Pisutsak said a review of surveillance camera footage showed six people were involved.

He said about 20 people would be questioned to help police identify the attackers.

Ruengchai Chaisopa, Mrs Yupa's husband, said drastic action must be taken to end violence between rival schools.

"I told my wife to be careful. The route isn't safe because students attack each other," he said.

Education Minister Suchart Thada-Thamrongvech yesterday gave the Private Education Commission and the Vocational Education Commission three months to end school feuding.

He said agencies and school executives would face drastic action if they failed to address the problem.

Permanent secretary for education Sasihara Pichaicharnnarong said she would organise a programme for students of 10 violence-prone state and private vocational colleges to study in the same classes, to ease tension and promote friendship.

Adapted from a story in today’s Bangkok Post.

relative – a member of your family ญาติพี่น้อง
twin – of two children born at the same time to the same mother แฝด,  ฝาแฝด
forensic – relating to the use of scientific methods to solve  crimes or to find out why something happened เกี่ยวกับนิติวิทยาศาสตร์
violence – physical force with the deliberate intention of causing damage to property or injury or death to people ความรุนแรง, การใช้กำลังทำลาย
senseless – happening or done for no purpose ซึ่งไม่มีเหตุผล ซึ่งไม่มีความหมาย, โง่
incident – something that happens, usually something bad เหตุการณ์
suspected – thought to be something เป็นที่สงสัย
injured – hurt in an accident or attack ซึ่งได้รับบาดเจ็บ
outbound – travelling towards a particular point, particularly away from a city ขาออก (opposite of inbound ขาเข้า)
ambush – to attack someone after hiding and waiting for them ซุ่มโจมตี (จากตำแหน่งที่ซ่อนอยู่)
target – a person, business, building, area, etc., that someone intends to attack เป้าหมาย
vocational school – a school that focuses on providing the skills necessary for particular jobs สถานศึกษาวิชาชีพ โรงเรียนอาชีวศึกษา
head off –  to prevent something from taking place  กัน, กีดขวาง, คลาดแคล้ว
reprisal – something unpleasant that is done to punish someone because of something bad they have done to you  การตอบโต้ด้วยกำลังทหาร
rival – a person, group, team or business that competes with another คู่ต่อสู้, คู่ปรับ, คู่แข่ง
rivalry – competition between groups of people, business, teams, etc. การเป็นคู่ต่อสู้กัน
investigate – to try to find out the facts about something in order to learn the truth about it ตรวจสอบหาความจริง
involved – taking part or having a role in something เกี่ยวข้อง
suspend – to stop for a period of time ยกเลิกชั่วคราว, ระงับชั่วคราว
avoid – to try to prevent something from happening หลีกเลี่ยง
metropolitan police – the police in responsible for a city ตำรวจนครบาล
deputy – a person whose rank is immediately below that of the leader of an organisation รอง
commissioner – the head of a particular police force in some countries หัวหน้ากรม
surveillance footage – video from a camera that is put in a place to constantly record what happens there – เทปวิดีโอจากกล้องวงจรปิดเพื่อรักษาการความปลอดภัย
identify – to recognise something and understand what it is ชี้ ระบตัวุ
drastic action – very strong action มาตรการรุนแรง
route – the roads used to go from one place to another เส้นทาง
commission – an official group of people who have been given responsibility to control something, or to find out about something, usually for the government  คณะกรรมการ, คณะกรรมาธิการ
address – to deal with a problem จัดการปัญหา
feud – an angry disagreement between two people or groups that continues for a long time; row; dispute ความอาฆาต
permanent secretary – a government official, not a political appointee, in charge of a ministry ปลัดกระทรวง
-prone – (suffix) likely to experience a particular problem more often than is usual ที่มีแนวโน้ม
state – government รัฐบาล
ease – to make a problem, situation or pain less severe or serious บรรเทา
tension – the feeling caused by a lack of trust between people, groups or countries ความตึงเครียด
promote – to encourage or support something สนับสนุน

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