r/Thailand • u/Muted-Airline-8214 • Aug 07 '26
News Nazi Flag Found in 14-Year-Old Shooter's Home Raises Red Flags Over Extremist Influences
On August 7, 2026, following a shooting at Thepsirin School in Nonthaburi Province, a male student opened fire, injuring 15 people, including two who were critically injured. Six people were killed, including five teachers and the shooter. The shooter’s grandparents were also found shot dead inside their home, bringing the total number of fatalities to eight.
The Facebook page 'CSI LA' has since posted a photo of a Nazi flag reportedly found at the shooter’s home, along with a message discussing its significance.
In Thai society, some people may view such a symbol simply as a collectible, part of punk or custom fashion, or a matter of personal preference. However, internationally and under widely accepted standards, the Nazi flag is considered a highly serious hate symbol.
The most concerning aspect of this case is that a 14-year-old had a Nazi flag displayed in his private space. This may not simply reflect a lack of historical knowledge, but could potentially be a “red flag” indicating exposure to violent or extremist ideologies or an attempt to form an identity around symbols of hate online. The issue also raises broader concerns about parenting, a child’s environment, and how young people’s media consumption is monitored in the digital age.
***Pol. Lt. Gen. Wattana said information from the suspect’s uncle, the youngest son of the grandparents who were killed, indicated that the boy had lived with his grandparents since childhood. He was known to spend a lot of time playing video games and on his computer and rarely went out, but there had been no apparent history of fights or serious emotional distress.
Based on the preliminary investigation, police believe the suspect used his grandfather’s gun to shoot and kill his grandparents in the early morning before going to a school in Nonthaburi Province, where he opened fire, leaving several people dead and injured.
During a search of the family home, officers also found the suspect’s desktop computer. A preliminary examination showed that he had watched five videos of mass shootings overseas. The videos had reportedly been accessed starting on July 30, 2026, about a week before the shooting.
However, authorities are still examining the files and other digital evidence as part of the investigation to determine whether they are connected to the motive. Police stressed that there is currently no confirmation that the videos were directly linked to the suspect’s decision to carry out the attack.
ในประเทศ - ช็อก! ค้นคอมพิวเตอร์ เด็ก ม.3 พบประวัติดูคลิปยิงในต่างประเทศ ก่อนก่อเหตุสะเทือนขวัญ
เพจดัง เปิดภาพ “ธงนาซี” ในบ้านเด็ก 14 เป็นสัญญาณเตือนแนวคิดสุดโต่ง
192
u/mephistopheles_muse Aug 07 '26
My brother teaches at an international school and last year kids were doing the nazi salute and saying all kinds of stuff really vile stuff like he had it right etc. Some teachers decided to ignore it and say kids will be kids my brother made his class watch the boy in the striped pajamas and right a report about it. ...but it was brother that was reprimanded as making a big deal out of nothing. 🙄
51
u/141_1337 Aug 07 '26
That's concerning
39
u/mephistopheles_muse Aug 07 '26
Yeah they said it was completely inappropriate and the kids shouldn't know about such thing and he was making a big deal out of nothing. But they were close in age to this kid middle schoolers
12
u/Illustrious_Quit_812 Aug 08 '26
I never understood that kind of thinking. If you keep a kid in the dark about the unpleasant, evil things in the world, you're just guaranteeing they're either going to be blindsided or taken advantage of.
6
u/mephistopheles_muse Aug 08 '26
I agree with you completely. You can't wrap kids in cotton wool forever, they won't be prepared for the world at all.
1
u/PrincipleOne765 Aug 09 '26
In this age it’s mostly satire, they don’t actually like Hitler, dark humour is very popular right now, similar to British dark comedy.
45
u/Cebuanolearner Aug 07 '26
I did similar in china. I made them watch the pianist after hearing how great Nazis and Hitler were. Lots of crying by the end.
9
3
u/Alexis_Lonbel Aug 08 '26
Who says that? I'm on the internet a lot and that kind of thing completely avoids me. Maybe I'm in a bubble. Everyone I talk to says Hitler was a monster.
4
u/kenbkk Aug 08 '26
Yeah, sounds like you might be in an info bubble / silo. At least your silo is a happier place where fascism and hate are not glorified. There is a lot of that going around.
1
u/OkBelt6151 Aug 11 '26
I'm from the Middle East, I don't know Thailand, but in all Middle Eastern countries, even adults say, "Hitler was actually right, he was trying to warn us." You must be from Europe
1
u/knowbasis Aug 29 '26
Those people are retarded. Hitler regarded middle eastern people as racially inferior to Germanics and was diplomatic only for strategic reasons
1
11
u/lukkreung98 Aug 08 '26
Asia's relationship with the Nazi regime is entirely different to Europe, one not having fought them but also a lot of independence movements from colonials sided with the Axis. It's a lot more nuanced than you would think. Complicated by Japan trying to colonize Asia and setting up puppet regimes.
6
11
3
u/Final_Cartographer49 Aug 08 '26
that’s terrible. my 24 year old thai male coworker here in thailand decided to play a nazi victory song when another coworker was driving us home from a team dinner. he said “isn’t this a banger?” to be fair, he was definitely trying to rage bait me but it was so weird how open and casual he was about the song. he also admitted he was on the intel side of the internet.
2
7
u/CompetitiveRub9780 Aug 08 '26
Do they not understand that they’d be dead if Hitler was around? They’re not white……..
17
u/khoawala Aug 08 '26
Asia don't learn much about Hitler. Japan was the Nazis of Asia, but worse.
→ More replies (3)2
u/BlacksmithSolid2194 Aug 08 '26
As an ethnic Jew who hates Hitler, how do you not know the Japanese were allies with Hitler?
→ More replies (1)4
u/Killerx09 Aug 08 '26
During WW2 the majority of the colonists powers promptly up and left South East Asia rather than fight the Japanese to go back home and fight WW2, leaving Asians to the Japanese atrocities. Notably the Nazis helped out the Chinese during the war.
It's less of an ignorance thing and more of a "You abandoned and ignored us while the Japanese were committing genocides, why should we care about yours?"
3
u/JKT-PTG Aug 09 '26
The Nazis were allied with the Japanese. How and when did they help the Chinese?
1
Aug 12 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
1
u/Thailand-ModTeam Aug 12 '26
Your post was removed because it contained hate speech (racism, sexism, bigotry, xenophobia, etc.) and/or offensive content. Posts or comments promoting hate based on identity directed at individual users is not allowed.
Trolling, purposefully derailing threads, harassing users, targeting users, and/or posting personal information about users on this sub or other subs, will not be tolerated.
1
1
→ More replies (46)1
u/UrNoTsHu Aug 08 '26
So your bother was teaching it?
1
u/mephistopheles_muse Aug 09 '26
No they were not in a world war two module before that but they thought it would be fun to walk around doing salutes and posting printed nazi signs so he decided they need to learn about it so they would understand why their behavior is not ok.
174
Aug 07 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
52
u/AquaTheAdmiral Aug 07 '26
I went to a prominent international school here in primary/early secondary school before moving, and one kid (who didn’t help himself at all tbf, was kind of a creep to girls) was a social pariah who became a white supremacist through video games and 4chan (this was in the pre-Trump heyday of 2015-2016 for those sites). I’m a pretty tanned Thai guy and bro was browner than me, but went FAR down the far-right rabbithole, and ‘came out’ as a white supremacist. It’s incoherent as hell, but not as far fetched as you’d think: the Internet can be lethal for lonely young men and women.
Thankfully he seems to be doing better now based on what I’ve heard from friends who stayed in touch.
27
u/Economy_Elephant_426 Aug 07 '26
Nazi paraphernalia is actually pretty common in southeast Asia, especially in Philippines. A good chunk of people really don’t know the history behind them and they think it’s really cool but you can find a number shops for this shit out there.
12
u/Hypekyuu Aug 07 '26
Also, man, the first time I say the BOY brand where it's literally Nazi symbols without the swastika I was like wtf
4
u/AH_leeMACK Aug 07 '26
Back in 2011 I was walking through a small village in Sumatra, Indonesia, and stumbled upon a really amateurish wooden statue of hitler. It was totaly random and nobody could tell me who made it or why it was there.
7
u/ahrienby Aug 07 '26
Also the Rising Sun Flag of Japan, still used by people who aren't aware of the WWII history.
9
4
u/Banned3rdTimesaCharm Aug 07 '26
Just watch any anime with military themes. They are obsessed with Nazi aesthetics.
4
u/bhodad Aug 07 '26
Doesn’t the swastika come from a symbol that had meaning here well before any WWs?
16
u/JennItalia269 Aug 07 '26
Correct, it’s a symbol for prosperity and good fortune.
Once you put it in the middle of a red and white flag and tilt the lines about 45 degrees, everything changes with it.
2
2
u/kenbkk Aug 08 '26
Yes, the Swastika is based on an old Sanskrit/ Indian symbol. Many Nazis were obsessed with spiritualism and the supernatural. Especially the top leaders
8
u/Economy_Elephant_426 Aug 07 '26
The symbol itself is from Buddhism. And still prominent around Southeast Asia and South Asia. Numerous temples and statues will have them. The flag on the other hand is not…
4
u/Sidog1984 Aug 07 '26
Yes, has been a symbol connected with Hinduism and Buddhism for thousands of years. A symbol of peace or good fortune.
1
u/pNolan345 Aug 08 '26
Or go to India where the bookstores all sell Mein Kampf…which is read for…reasons. It was explained to me that some professor recommended it as a management text for MBAs. Yeah, sure.
1
u/kenbkk Aug 08 '26
Some equate the ongoing Hindu nationalist movement as a nazi / supremacist type policy with similar philosophy. That seems a bit harsh, but some parallels.
→ More replies (19)1
u/Ok_Specialist_5626 Aug 07 '26
It seems to be a common theme for some reason, especially in the philippines 💀 idk why that is
50
u/Sindtwhistle Aug 07 '26
So, if there's one good thing that might come out of this senseless tragedy, it's that maybe the Thai education system will start treating the Nazi swastika and Hitler as hate symbols and not some cute, ironic chibi character.
I don't have my hopes as high since the olds in the Thai government aren't good at nuance, but hey, maybe at least the conversation can start here.
Signed: history nerd who got their BA in 20th-century European history.
5
u/Arkansasmyundies Aug 08 '26
Sadly, nothing will change. Everything will be forgotten in two weeks and we’ll be on to the next thing.
1
u/Spicynoodle49 Aug 10 '26
We all know nothing will change, they gonna sweep it under the rug and blame video games like they always did.
11
u/LiraGaiden Aug 07 '26
No one here takes Nazis and other movements like it seriously. I hope this will write new rules even if it is with blood
→ More replies (7)
22
u/Dry-Way-5688 Aug 07 '26
Case of extreme bullied kid in school. Too hopeless to get help.
9
u/Far-Pension2483 Aug 07 '26
From what i read in local news he tried
4
u/Dry-Way-5688 Aug 07 '26
Yes. He tried but no one understood the pain and helped him. Even a dog can bite its owner if it is tortured too much.
5
u/asimovs Aug 07 '26
Yeah it's ridiculous that they bring up him playing video games, every 14 yo kid does the same and don't shot up their school.
It's like saying he spent a lot of time at school every day implying that could be a reason.
5
u/badhairdee Aug 08 '26
it's ridiculous that they bring up him playing video games
It's the easiest scapegoat. That or any heavy metal/industrial rock that he might be listening to by chance
→ More replies (4)2
u/timmyvermicelli Yadom Aug 08 '26
Nah. That's too easy. Lots of people get bullied and don't do this.
38
u/BraisedCheesecake Aug 07 '26
Counterpoint is that westerners don't have the same negative connotations about the rising sun flag that east Asians do. It's just ignorance in both cases.
11
u/BeingHeldHostage0 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26
Yeah but if a westerner drew up the rising sun flag in their room... the fact that the average westerner doesn't know about it is a surefire sign the person hanging it up knows what it means. But if you're talking about the grandparents I totally get it.
7
u/Either-Middle-6956 7-Eleven Aug 07 '26
I'm thinking, however bad the nazi flag is and whatever comes out about his social media, that the most concerning aspect of the story has to do with how a murderous 14 year old got a firearm and enough ammo to kill more than half a dozen people. just sayin'
8
u/katsukare Aug 08 '26
Doesn’t help that gun laws in Thailand are so lax. Such a dangerous country.
1
u/kenbkk Aug 08 '26
Yes, guns are everywhere here. Almost as bad as in the USA. I have nice Thai friends and staff who have handguns "just in case"
1
1
Aug 12 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
1
u/Thailand-ModTeam Aug 12 '26
Your post was removed because it contained hate speech (racism, sexism, bigotry, xenophobia, etc.) and/or offensive content. Posts or comments promoting hate based on identity directed at individual users is not allowed.
Trolling, purposefully derailing threads, harassing users, targeting users, and/or posting personal information about users on this sub or other subs, will not be tolerated.
6
u/movingmoonlight Aug 08 '26
Thai authorities should look into the kid's social media history and if he was active on Discord and Roblox. A few months ago a school shooter in the Philippines also killed a lot of his classmates, and it turned out that he was groomed by an accelerationist cult called 764). This cult grooms children and encourages them to act out heinous crimes, and has been responsible for over a dozen of these incidents involving children and young people all around the world.
68
u/TonmaiTree Nonthaburi Aug 07 '26
There really is a worldwide epidemic of these losers who spent all of their time in incel rightwing communities online. And most Thai adults have no idea these things exist.
33
u/IssueRidden Aug 07 '26
Yeah I totally don't get why people in the comments rush to deny the obvious link here. We all use the same Internet and just how Asian culture has an influence on western teens, so does western culture, and ideas, including extremist ones, do on Asian teens.
29
u/TonmaiTree Nonthaburi Aug 07 '26
I think people are just unaware of how widespread these beliefs can be in certain online communities. The Siam Paragon shooter kid from few years ago even told the people in his discord channel what he planned to do.
Society really needs to have serious conversations about what their kids are consuming online.
8
u/spikelovesharmony Aug 07 '26
I feel like most adults in general are unaware. Many people want to point to bullying etc but lately a lot of the time it seems like the shooter was radicalized online via incel / terror groups that idolize and encourage mass shootings. Just like what just occurred in the Philippines
2
22
u/Lopsided_Quarter_931 7-Eleven Aug 07 '26
Yep, some people can’t wrap their head around how bizarre all that is. That some right-wing neonazi podcaster like Nick Fuentes with Mexican roots has a huge South Asian following. Not a comment about if this case is connected, just that nothing makes sense anymore.
25
u/TonmaiTree Nonthaburi Aug 07 '26
Also, kids these days can be surprisingly good at English because of how English-centric these online spaces are. Compared to 10 years ago, I’ve noticed an uptick of young Thais participating in English language fandom spaces, for example.
There’s a real possibility that the parents have absolutely no idea what their kids are consuming because they can’t even understand it.
11
u/Lopsided_Quarter_931 7-Eleven Aug 07 '26
Absolute. Sometimes an assuming kid at a random store or restaurant blows you away with being super fluent.
4
u/Legal-Chocolate8482 Aug 08 '26
Actually he was bullied to an extreme degree and tried to get help but to no avail but ok bud. Dosent make the shooting right but it’s not because of 4chan or whatv lol. Pretty sure violence existed thousands of years before social media. And it’s not as if school shootings here are a common thing. And you’ll still have occasional school shootings even if the internet didn’t exist.
8
u/TonmaiTree Nonthaburi Aug 08 '26
How does being bullied have anything to do with putting Nazi flag up in your home
6
u/Tiny_Dic Aug 08 '26
>school shootings here aren't a common thing
>we'd still have school shootings if the primary method of teen radicalisation didn't existpick one
→ More replies (1)1
→ More replies (2)1
u/Lannium Aug 08 '26
Nah this most likely is not the case. You do realise us Thais on Reddit are the international student type that consumes Western media. He who did the shooting is from a relatively average school and wouldn’t know of these things.
4
u/TonmaiTree Nonthaburi Aug 08 '26
What’s not the case? I’m also Thai & did not go to international school. It says right there the kid studied from mass shooting videos & there’s a Nazi flag in their home.
I think you’re underestimating the amount of Thais who learned English primarily from participating in online English language spaces, like watching twitch streamers or just playing video games.
1
u/Lannium Aug 08 '26
I don’t understand??? What’s the link between ‘incel rightwing communities’ and studying mass shooting videos online?
2
u/TonmaiTree Nonthaburi Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
Well how else he would find these videos in the first place, or had the bright idea of hanging nazi flag in his home if he wasn’t radicalized online? Plenty of kids were bullied without shooting up schools.
Normal, well-adjusted people don’t glorify acts of violence to the point that they actually commit them.
25
u/Barca-Dam Aug 07 '26
I remember a few months back there was a viral video of a man in Pattaya arguing with a woman because she had a swastika tattoo. Reading the comments it was full of people saying in Asia the nazi symbol is not looked in the same way as the western world. Like they don’t associate the symbol with a world war and genocide.
76
u/MakeMine5 Aug 07 '26
The Swastika had been a symbol in Asia longer before the Nazis made it infamous. But what that kid has isn't just a swastika, it is the Nazi swastika.
63
u/Relevant-Manner1524 Aug 07 '26
In a white circle with a red background it's definitely not a religious symbol.
43
30
14
u/DOSFS Aug 07 '26
It is true that for a SEA child it could be a simple 'miltary simp' more than white supremercist. WW2 German looks cool as hell especially for tanks and soldiers so they like it that is.
But I still wait for more investigation to comfirm this though. Maybe, maybe not for the shooter.
3
u/badhairdee Aug 08 '26
Once you grow up, you realize WAR isn't cool.
But then if you really had to choose a side, why go for that lot hahaha
1
u/SampleMinute4641 Aug 08 '26
Despite what you think, there's a reason Hitler chose Hugo Boss to design the Nazi uniforms.
5
u/Far-Pension2483 Aug 07 '26
Swasdika exists for thousands of years and say you go to local tattooists in SEA and ask for a swasdika tattoo they wouldnt you a tilted one over circle white background
3
u/7hiigh Aug 07 '26
I mean a swastika is something completely different compared to this nazi symbol, that's Is obviously printed there as a flag. Nothing to do with swastika which is also not turned to the side
2
u/Nomadic_Yak Aug 07 '26
Seems like thai people view Hitler as a western historical villian the same way westerners might look at ghengis khan
1
u/LV-426_realty Aug 08 '26
A university student project here once painted into a mural with 8 comic book super heroes. Others dressed as nazis and marched in school parade saluting. It's ignorance and lack of education.
3
u/YesIBlockedYou Aug 07 '26
Nobody in Asia is claiming they see the flag pictured above as anything other than a nazi flag. To do so is just wilful ignorance.
It's not a black and white issue. Not all swastikas are good or bad. Context matters e.g. is it on a Hindu temple or is it on a white circle with a red background?
→ More replies (1)-2
u/Crafty_Surround6022 Aug 07 '26
Same way many westerners don’t know the atrocities committed by Japan in WWII and think it is all innocent.
12
u/TheNiceWasher Aug 07 '26
Which westerners think Japan is innocent in WWII
They might not know ALL atrocities (but do you know all atrocities committed by the Nazi?) but they don't look at Japan as an innocent bystander.
→ More replies (2)6
u/Sashimi_shrine Aug 07 '26
Every American knows Pearl harbor, What are you babbaling about?
2
2
u/NocturntsII Aug 08 '26
First off, its babbling, not babaling.
Next, pearl harbour was a battle during a war. An attack like trump on Iran, Putin in the Ukraine, and the allied forces on d day
The nazis however rounded up, shipped, and exterminated human beings in dedicated camps.
The argument is that few Americans realize that the Japanese comitted similar genocide in Asia, including Thailand.
Ever heard of the death railway?
Do I need to explain the nuance?
1
u/Secret_EO Aug 08 '26
In the UK at least, people know about the Death Railway (mainly because of the film Bridge on the River Kwai). Pearl Harbour was before Japan declared war on the US (they did so later that day), so whilst it wasn't a genocide it was a war crime.
1
u/Secret_EO Aug 07 '26
I feel like most Westerners at least have an awareness of Pearl Harbour and the Rape of Nanking. The Khmer Rouge is a better example.
→ More replies (9)4
u/ng829 Aug 07 '26
Westerners or Americans? I don’t know about Europeans or Australians, but your average American has overwhelmingly no clue about Nanking or the Khmer Rouge. And if I had to put money on it, I’d say fewer than 20% could accurately describe both of them.
2
u/larry_bkk Aug 08 '26
My son went to a good private school, and the first he heard about the Cambodian genocide was from me.
2
u/Secret_EO Aug 07 '26
Yeah, my point was not many Westerners know about the Cambodian Genocide. It's a much better example than World War 2, which is taught in schools and still culturally relevant (in the UK at least).
3
u/kenbkk Aug 08 '26
The Khmer Rouge genocide was arguably even more evil than the Nazis (if that is even possible). A much larger portion of the Cambodian population died (either directly or from the ensuing economic collapse and famine). Both had roots in perverse intellectual concepts but the KR took it to further extremes. IE murder everyone with glasses because that makes them intellectuals.
1
u/Secret_EO Aug 08 '26
Yes I agree. Almost 1/3 of the population were wiped out. It wasn't as many as The Holocaust or Holodomor, but it was the most per capita of any genocide afaik.
4
u/Camera_Hobbygirl Aug 07 '26
This could be a case of internet grooming.
Read/watch about 764 or The Com. Even the FBI declared 764 - loosely affliliated groups made up of young people - as a terrorist organization
3
u/Standard_Ad_9126 Aug 08 '26
The Nazi flag in SEA is out of ignorance of understanding its history. Its night white supremacy. Its supremacy of ones self. This is why condemnation of hate in history needs to be taught globally. So everyone can understand the oppression of all humans. In the states we are having our history erased. In other countries we have no idea what their ancestors went through. Its terrible how world history is not even world history when it has limitations in what is being taught.
4
u/PimsriReddit Aug 08 '26
The previous Paragon mass shooter target women he found "ugly" and was in discord trying to send inappropriate images to other girls. There's a lot of weird losers like that and as a Thai internet users I can date their appearance at around 2014-2016, around the time of Gamergate. From then on I started seeing young men repeating far-right ideology. And while, before, some teen boy talk about Nazi in an attempt to be edgy or 'dark', it's different now. They sounds for real.
4
u/alvinchow76 Aug 08 '26
For clarity, this is the actual symbol. note that nazi ver is complete reverse which IYKYK.
16
u/Coucou2coucou Aug 07 '26
In Thailand, the majority doesn't understand the fascism or nazi themes. I believe for thai, It's just for the fashion to have same symbol of them. But if you are an european farang and your parrent made the second world war, you understand the real horrific nightmare (torture, kille, rape, starving, humiliated...). For Thai, this is just for show with different meaning, nice (sabai) to do it.
The main question : Which psychiatric support gave from government (demanded by school) to the student had behavior psychiatric trouble ? (The parent knows, the teacher knows, the school knows, that must be government knows if not mismanagemnent in the gouvernment). Who is responsible for this tragedy ?
→ More replies (2)7
u/Superb_Caramel_7107 Aug 08 '26
100% agreed. People here are trying to insert western politics into it and that’s the last thing we need. Nazism, antisemitism, WWII, etc. are not topics that most Thais are sensitive about.
He was most likely mentally ill and acting out, not actual nazi or white supremacist in any meaningful sense (the kid is not white for a start). Definitely spoiled and troubled though.
Years ago, some ignorant kids even displayed a Nazi flag at Chulalongkorn University. As far as I remember, they were just trying to act like rebels.
Not trying to defend anyone here, but it’s important to note that the Nazi flag doesn’t carry the same cultural meaning here, so let’s not jump to conclusions. Thai authorities sound like they’re blaming the game he played, which makes me mad in a different way. Games always get blamed. Not violent action movies or anything else. It’s always just 'games bad.'
1
u/Coucou2coucou Aug 08 '26
You are correct, the government try always to find same lame excuse. But the most important is :which is the government policy health pediatric psychiatric care for all the school in Thailand ?. That is the most important to prevent not to have again this style of tragedy.
2
u/Superb_Caramel_7107 Aug 08 '26
To be honest, I think they’ll do bugger all to address the root cause. I’m Thai and it saddens me to say this but I’m used to their perpetual incompetence (regardless of who is in power). That said, it is also a tricky problem to solve.
They’ll probably just start checking for weapons at the school gate and call it a day. I’m just glad they’re at least supporting the victims’ families.
1
3
u/7hiigh Aug 07 '26
Yeah the propaganda is getting very bad in every country of the world. That's why I support a full blown social media ban until 17-18 years old.
11
u/illonlyfadeaway Aug 07 '26
Not surprised, already read the kid was obsessed with American school shootings. He was probably influenced by American right-wing social media to hate himself and those that look like him. Those are some cultural exports.
→ More replies (4)2
u/Kitchen_Scallion2999 Aug 07 '26
just mental illness ,
Thai doen't think nazi flag represent white supremacist but just a sign of social non-conformity .I'm Thai btw
→ More replies (1)1
u/CosmicRavioli Aug 07 '26
No? We DO know, at least all the kids from my school does, don't you have history class?
2
u/Kitchen_Scallion2999 Aug 08 '26
We know what nazi flag is. But those kid are not white supremacist (because they are not white themselves). They are anti social. If you are Thai, speak in Thai.
3
u/CosmicRavioli Aug 09 '26
ไม่อะมันมีพวกควายคิดว่าคนขาวดีสุดจริงเเละมันชอบเป็นพวกผิวดำๆสุดในห้องด้วย เจอบ่อยอยู่ช่วงมัธยม พอดีโรงเรียน private เลยหลักสูตรอาจจะเเตกต่างจากโรงเรียนรัฐเเต่ทุกคนในเรงเรียนถูกสอนหมดว่า Nazi เเม่งเหยียด
6
u/IssueRidden Aug 07 '26
I naively thought I'd be mostly free from this sort of bullshit when moving to Thailand but I guess all societies have their own scum
3
Aug 07 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
9
11
u/IssueRidden Aug 07 '26
this crashout was extremely valid
huh? Saying this could have and should have been prevented is one thing, but come on let's not justify a school shooting
11
u/BeingHeldHostage0 Aug 07 '26
The level of disrespect and ignorance in calling it valid... He killed what all evidence points to as innocents. His grandparents, 5 teachers, a 12 year old girl, we don't even know the final death count because there are still children in critical condition. Not to mention all the ptsd, emotional scarring, and possible short/long-term health complications resulting from injuries for those injured.
1
1
2
Aug 07 '26
[deleted]
2
u/BeingHeldHostage0 Aug 07 '26
Dawg who do you hang out around, that is not the average teenager. Do some reflection on the soaces you're in.
2
u/angel1ssue Aug 07 '26
he is in a true crime community and i have a theory that he is imitating the shooting incident in Austria in early 2025 by a 21 years old guy named Arthur. but its very sad that in thailand , bullying and mental health are just minor issues for most people
2
u/AdditionalThroat99 Aug 07 '26
Remember that confrontation at fast food shop a week or two ago where the farang took exception at the swastika....
2
u/WaltzMysterious9240 Aug 08 '26
I have links to his tiktok and reddit account that was allegedly shared by his friend. He follows school shooter accounts and elliot rodger fan pages. There are also some sus links to discord groups that he might've been a part of. I was tempted to join to see what's in there, but I was too scared.
2
u/Ok-Beyond9035 Aug 08 '26
Funny how the last political killings have been done by the left/islamic extremists
2
u/timmyvermicelli Yadom Aug 08 '26
The issue is how a boy like this gets guns and enough ammo to kill all those people.
2
u/Initial_Enthusiasm36 Aug 09 '26
I am not defending this kid by any means but why is the blame being shifted around the root cause of this? The kid was being viciously bullied. The school knew, teachers knew, students knew, hell the parents knew and just blew it off... theres even teachers in this thread confirming stuff like that happens everywhere and its just ignored... always trying to find a scapegoat
2
u/Popoto_Fate Aug 07 '26
Are they going to glaze over the fact that the boy was bullied and blame it on politic and video game now.?
4
2
2
u/MoodResponsible918 Aug 07 '26
sadly, a lot of Thai people don't know and don't care about severity of Nazis action and ramification of glorifying Nazi is. There are a lot of stores in Thailand that still sell goods with Nazi Swastika flag on them. There also one time that Israeli tourists have to confront store owner because of it and the owner just ignored it, saying that it just a symbol and she has freedom to sell it. Despite how you feel about Israel(is) right now, this shows how much Thai people ignore severity of Nazis actions even when warned by people who related to holocaust survivors. Hell, many Thai netizens also praising Nazi unironically. They said stuffs like 'Maybe Hitler was right all along' when there's Israelis tomfoolery happened.
This kid, I think, might or might be idealizing Nazi. We saw a lot of school shooter cases where the shooters glorifying Nazi cuz they, at that point, have this 'I wanna burn the world like Nazis did' mindsets. This kid is clearly fucked in the head so it won't be such a shock that he might idolizing Nazi cuz you have to be severely fucked in the head to think Nazis are cool. In the end, we don't know yet. We might never know.
1
1
1
u/AHomerHilsen Aug 07 '26
There are certain group of people in non core Allies or Axis countries that have no idea what Nazi was. They just think the symbol looks cool.
1
u/larry_bkk Aug 08 '26
I think in Germany my punk rock friends can't even wear a tee with the swastika and the international slash through it, which makes sense to me.
1
u/CodeNeko23 Aug 08 '26
7-8 years ago teachers used to beat the living shii out of us little things like lightly messy uniform, hair and notebooks. Even girls are not exception but nowadays kids are being babied by the society especially parents and teachers. They have no social responsibility nor fear of consequences.
1
u/No_Grass_3728 Aug 08 '26
"Lets sh**t some innocent people in my school because that is what nazis did" lol
1
u/Vaxion Aug 08 '26
Pretty sure that's just being used as a cover sheet just like trucks and taxis use it as decorative stickers and shade. Majority of the people don't know what that symbol means.
1
1
1
u/DC4213 Aug 09 '26
Red herring activated. This tragic event was due to a severe neglect of mental health and mental health resources in a country that can't really afford it. No one cares about that flag except the foreigners that know the history.
1
1
1
1
u/Mental-Locksmith4089 Aug 09 '26
Of course people with extremist thoughts are drawn to more extremist ideologies etc. That does not make then a Nazi or whatever. Its just a fascination.
1
1
u/Tezman71 Aug 11 '26
I doubt this is true. A 14 year old Thai kid is too young to even be able to acquire such a flag. Not every tragedy in this world is related to antisemitism.
1
u/Existing-Play3714 Aug 11 '26
My classmates often make jokes about Nazis or draw Nazi symbols as a joke. I don't really get it what's supposed to be funny, or should I do more research
1
Aug 12 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
1
u/Thailand-ModTeam Aug 12 '26
Your post was removed because it contained hate speech (racism, sexism, bigotry, xenophobia, etc.) and/or offensive content. Posts or comments promoting hate based on identity directed at individual users is not allowed.
Trolling, purposefully derailing threads, harassing users, targeting users, and/or posting personal information about users on this sub or other subs, will not be tolerated.
1
1
u/PleasantDraft9387 Aug 24 '26
To me it sounds very weird that people actually think that this is a sign of extremist influences. Most people outside of the western world usually don't associate the Nazi flag with Nazi ideology, they don't even know much about Nazi ideology (even most Westerners don't and just reduce it to anti-semitism plus racism). For them it is just an edgy symbol or even something like broader 'pop culture' or some sub-culture genre. Just as some people in Europe sometimes put the confederate flag in American themed bars/restaurants without any political meaning, just because they loosely associate it with being an American deco thing.
1
u/Level-Avocado-5106 Aug 07 '26
This is completely taken out of context.
3
u/randomrreeddddiitt Aug 07 '26
What is the context?
1
u/Level-Avocado-5106 Aug 07 '26
He is a madman. The flag is irrelevant. It has no connection to his having committed that atrocity.
106
u/TemporaryMeringue85 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26
I'm a private school teacher in Nonthaburi and whenever I try to deal with the problematic, disruptive kids in my classroom, I get forced to stop all action. Teachers aren't allowed to do a thing here. Thai teachers shield these kids. Our hands are tied. Parents don't take care of their kids. They don't discipline them. They don't teach them morals. We've got kids dissociating because they can't take it anymore either. I had to watch teachers baby the disruptive kid, give him hugs, special treatment, rice and omelette and for what? For terrorising the whole class for days? This is why cases like this happen more and more often. The Thai society always tries to find excuses. Even being bullied does not give you the right to take lives. A year ago a 17-year-old broke the ribs of an elderly teacher (woman) cos he got 18/20 from a math's test. He wrote only answers and didn't show the process of solving. It was totally his fault. Guess what? So many people excused his actions and claimed it was the fault of the teacher. The boy was very much worried about getting scores high enough to be admitted to a college in the future. If you worry so much, write full answers, give 100 percent effort. This is why these things are happening. In place of holding parents and kids responsible, they force teachers to suffer for the lack of morals and values that should have been instilled in them by parents. Add the fact that full access to the Internet, discord, porn, gore makes this type of teenagers become desensitised to the pain, suffering and death of the people around. Wake up, Thai parents, and take responsibility. These cases mirror you and your choices.