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How are casualties confirmed?
Confirming casualties after an event like the Thailand school shooting is a complex process. Police and emergency services typically gather initial figures at the scene, which can be fluid. Hospitals then provide more definitive counts of those treated, injured, or deceased. This often leads to initial discrepancies, as seen in the conflicting reports from authorities in our story.
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