Thai schools step up security after deadly shooting

BANGKOK: Students stood quietly outside their Bangkok school on Friday (Aug 14) as teachers checked their bags, pockets and even pencil cases under new security measures introduced after last week's deadly shooting.Thailand's government has ordered schools nationwide to step up controls following the Aug 7 attack near Bangkok, when a 14-year-old killed his grandparents, five school staff and a pupil before turning the gun on himself."An incident like this should not have happened in a school," headteacher Suparong Sawangngamwong told AFP after overseeing the new checks at Bangkok's Sawasdee Wittaya School.He said he hoped the inspections will ensure "parents can be at ease", assuring them school is a safe place "where parents trust their children can spend their days". A modest public scho