Student Fabricates School Shooting Threat, 162 Ball Bearings Seized
A Grade 7 student in Bang Lamung, Chonburi fabricated a school shooting threat on a LINE group chat, causing a two-day school closure and widespread panic. Police and social welfare officials searched the boy's dormitory room and seized 162 ball bearings and a wooden spear gun. The student admitted he bought the ball bearings online for play and created the threat as a prank using a fake account.
A search of a Grade 7 student's room over a 'school shooting threat' yielded 162 ball bearings and a wooden spear gun used for fishing. On November 5, 2026, chaos erupted at a school in Bang Lamung, Chonburi after a threatening message in a Grade 7 LINE group read 'Tomorrow you'll get shot for sure,' causing teachers to rush to have parents pick up their children and announce a two-day class suspension. However, investigators later discovered it was merely a 'fabricated' threat created by a male Grade 7 student. Read: Grade 7 student confesses to fabricating 'school shooting threat.' Most recently, Bang Lamung Police, together with officials from the Chonburi Provincial Office of Social Development and Human Security, a psychologist, and the parents, jointly inspected the boy's bedroom in a dormitory in Moo 7, Pong Subdistrict, Bang Lamung. The search uncovered 162 ball bearings and one wooden spear gun hidden inside a wardrobe, which were seized for investigation. Initially, the boy claimed he purchased the ball bearings online solely to play with them. As for the threatening message, he said it was just typed for fun; no such incident actually occurred. He admitted to fabricating everything, including creating a fake LINE account to send the threat in the classroom group, causing panic and forcing the school to close.
