Shocked: Police Search Grade 7 Student’s Bedroom, Find Hundreds of Ping-Pong Bombs and a Speargun After Fake School Shooting Threat - Thairath English
Police searched the bedroom of a Grade 7 student who fabricated a threat of a mass shooting and found hundreds of ping-pong bombs along with a slingshot. The student claimed he bought these items online just for playing.
In the case of a 13-year-old boy, nicknamed B, a Grade 7/2 student at a school in Chonburi province, who fabricated a threatening message about a mass shooting in a class group chat on the LINE app, the school principal closed the school for two days to ensure the safety of over 1,000 students. Later, the boy admitted that the entire story was made up out of mischief, as previously reported.Read the story: Grade 7 student confesses to fabricating mass shooting threat in LINE group, no mysterious person involved, likely an act of mischief.)
Most recently, on 5 November 2026, Bang Lamung Police Station, together with the Chonburi Provincial Social Development and Human Security Office and psychologists, took the 13-year-old boy B and his guardian to inspect his bedroom in a house located in Moo 7, Pong Subdistrict, Bang Lamung District, Chonburi.
During the preliminary inspection, police found 162 firecracker balls, also known as “ping-pong bombs,” and one slingshot used for shooting fish, hidden inside the wardrobe. The police seized these items. The boy claimed he purchased the ping-pong bombs online and intended to use them just for playing.
Additionally, it was reported that after the school was closed and parents came to pick up their children, boy B tried to create a false identity to deflect blame, claiming that an outsider was responsible for sending the threatening mass shooting messages in the LINE group. He even created chat messages in the LINE app stating, “We want to apologize for posting in the school group. We are not from Class 3, but mistakenly invited. The shooting threat is not real, just playing around.”
This message was subsequently verified, after which boy B admitted to fabricating the entire story. He used a fake name in the LINE app and sent the messages in the class LINE group, causing panic and leading to the school’s closure.
