A gunman who fired shots at a school in Hat ⁠Yai district ‌in southern Thailand on ​Wednesday, has been detained and all ‌the people who were held hostage have been freed, a police ‍official told Reuters.

An 18-year-old man entered the Patongprathankiriwat School in Songkhla Province's Hat Yai earlier on Wednesday with a ‍gun, the provincial administration said on social media.

"The perpetrator has been captured," Deputy Superintendent Wichian Soboon told Reuters.

At least ‍three people were injured ‍in the ‍incident, a second police official ‍said.