Man fires gun into air at Thai school as his first-grade child can't read

VNExpress - Nov 4, 2026

A father fired two shots into the air at a rural primary school in northeastern Thailand on Nov. 2, angry that his first-grade child still could not read or do basic sums, police said.

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