Two students dead in Philippines school shooting including gunman, officials say
- A student gunman opened fire inside a classroom at a high school attached to the Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines.
- City Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso confirmed two fatalities—a male student and the student shooter, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- According to preliminary police reports, the gunman brought a pistol and a rifle onto the campus, injuring two others before taking his own life.
- University President Ernald Andal stated that there is no longer an active shooter on campus and the situation has been brought under control.
- The attack marks a rare incident of gun violence on a Philippine school campus, as strict national firearm ownership laws typically limit such occurrences.
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A Student Started a Shooting at a School in the Philippines, Killed a Partner and Took His Own Life.
The episode occurred in a secondary school in the south of the country and two people were also injured; according to the authorities, the young man was carrying a camera to broadcast the attack live.
A student at a Catholic high school in the southern Philippines was shot dead when another student shot him and then committed suicide, local officials said this morning.
"The young man entered (in school) with a rifle and a gun. With it he shot a partner, who fell dead, and then killed himself," the editor told the local DZBB station.
A 9th-grade student allegedly opened fire inside a classroom at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University High School in Zamboanga, Philippines. One student was killed in the attack, after which the suspect shot himself. A total of two people died in the incident. Police are now investigating the motive for the attack and how the weapon reached the school.
Warning, graphic images - At least two students were injured - The video shows children screaming and running for their lives
The incident occurred in an educational institution in Zamboanga, on Mindanao Island, where the assailant entered the campus with a rifle and a gun. Police confirmed that a person died at the hands of the attacker and that the student himself was found lifeless.
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