Police searched the bedroom of a grade 7 student who fabricated a school shooting threat, uncovering hundreds of ping-pong bombs and a speargun. The student claimed to have bought them online just to play with.
In the case of a 13-year-old boy, referred to as B (a pseudonym), a grade 7/2 student at a school in Chonburi province, who fabricated a threatening message about a shooting in the classroom's LINE group, the school principal ordered a two-day closure to ensure the safety of over 1,000 students. The boy later admitted the entire story was made up out of mischief, as previously reported.Read the news: Grade 7 student admits fabricating shooting threat in LINE group; no mysterious person involved, likely a prank.)
Most recently (5 Nov 2026), police from Bang Lamung Station, together with Chonburi’s Department of Social Development and Human Security (DSDHS) and psychologists, took B (pseudonym), aged 13, along with his guardians, to inspect his bedroom at a house in Moo 7, Pong Subdistrict, Bang Lamung District, Chonburi Province.
During the initial inspection, police found 162 ball firecrackers, also known as "ping-pong bombs," and one speargun for fishing hidden inside a wardrobe. Police seized these items. B claimed he bought the ball firecrackers online solely to set them off for fun.
Additionally, reports indicate that after the school closure and when parents came to pick up their children, B attempted to create a false identity to deflect blame, suggesting an outsider sent the threatening messages in the LINE group. He tried to fabricate chat messages on LINE stating: "We want to apologize for typing in the school group ourselves. We are not from City 3. We invited the wrong person. The shooting threat isn’t real. It was just a joke."
This message was later examined, and B admitted he had fabricated the entire story by creating a fake name on the LINE app and sending that message in the classroom’s LINE group, which caused panic and led to the school’s closure.