12-Year-Old Boy Shoots Friend Dead

A thirteen year old boy is dead in the northeastern province of Kalasin, Thailand, after being shot by a friend playing with his father’s gun.

Police and medical services were called to a house in Nong Kung Sri district on Sunday morning after the boy was shot, local media report.

Police say that three boys were playing when one boy, aged 12, got his father’s rifle and shot at his friend.

The victim was hit six times in the head. He died in Kalasin hospital on Monday after being transferred from a local hospital.

No adults were at the home at the time of the incident. The names of the boys are being withheld due to their age.