Sirada Sinprasert was withdrawing money at an ATM booth in Bangkok when she was shot in the forehead. Two unidentified students on a motorcycle had opened fire at a university student nearby. — The Nation/ANN
BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): A government spokesperson said on Sunday (Nov 12) that the authorities were not ignoring the recent killing of a school teacher, and would take concrete steps to prevent clashes between vocational school students.
On Saturday, Sacred Heart Convent School teacher, Sirada Sinprasert, was hit in the forehead by a stray bullet when two unidentified students on a motorcycle opened fire at a university student nearby.
Sirada was withdrawing money at an ATM booth at the time and succumbed to her injuries after being rushed to MedPark Hospital.
Thanasorn Hongsawat, 19, a first-year student of the Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok, Uthenthawai Campus, was shot twice in his chest and once in his neck. He was rushed to Chulalongkorn Hospital and was in critical but stable condition as of press time.
No arrests have been made, so far.
On Sunday, deputy government spokesperson Kanika Aunjit said she represented the government in expressing condolences to Sirada’s family.
She added that the government is not ignoring the incident, and will pull all relevant government agencies together to prevent such violence between vocational school students on Bangkok streets.
Street fights between students from rival schools, especially vocational schools, often break out in Bangkok and have been fatal in several cases. Uthenthawai students are infamous for these clashes.
Meanwhile, Kanika said the Interior Ministry will join the Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Ministry as well as other agencies to find urgent measures to prevent such clashes for the sake of public safety.
Separately, the Sacred Heart Convent School said prayers for the deceased will be held from Sunday to Tuesday at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Suphanburi’s Song Phi Nong district.
The school has said it will shoulder all funeral rites expenses on behalf of Sirada’s family and is also collecting public donations to help them.
The school said Sirada joined the school as an assistant computer teacher in 1996.
Sirada, who came from Suphanburi, was supporting her aged parents as well as the children of her late older brother and younger sister.
