A teenage shooter and accountability

It is hard to believe that a shooting rampage by a teenage student, such as we see in America, would one day happen in our country.

The mass shooting at Siam Paragon by a 14-year-old boy who killed three people and injured four others two weeks ago didn’t only shock the country but raised many serious issues, let alone the very question — what drove the boy to commit such a grievous crime?

According to the police, the boy suffered a psychological breakdown in the run-up to the shooting. He had a mental health problem and underwent treatment at a hospital, but stopped taking his medication. It’s believed this might have played a big part.

While online shooting games he was addicted to were labelled as another culprit, many pointed the finger at his parents and asked about the boy’s upbringing.

Not long after the shooting, an interview in which the boy’s mother talked…