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Two students dead in Philippines school shooting including gunman, officials say

Police said a ninth-grade student livestreamed the attack and killed a fellow student before taking his own life, as authorities investigated the motive.

  • 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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The assailant died, according to the police would have taken his own life (ANSA)

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The killer's Facebook account, on which the video of the shots was posted, was disabled.

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