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School shooting kills two in Zamboanga
A student brought a pistol and rifle into school, killing a classmate before dying by suicide.
What happened
A ninth-grade student brought a pistol and rifle into a classroom at a school linked to Ateneo de Zamboanga University, killed a fellow student, and then died by suicide. Authorities said the attack was livestreamed. The school is in Zamboanga, southern Philippines, and officials brought the situation under control.
Numbers
- 2 deadStudent and alleged gunman killed
- 2 woundedOther students injured in shooting
- Second in two monthsFatal school attacks nationally
Questions
- What changed at the school?
- Hundreds of students were evacuated, and classes at the university were suspended while parents and guardians were told how to collect children.
- What are police investigating?
- Police are examining the student's motive and how a pistol and rifle were brought onto the secured campus.
- How unusual was this attack?
- It was the country's second fatal school attack in less than two months; a June attack in Tacloban killed three students and wounded about twenty.
- What did the president order?
- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ordered law enforcement agencies to investigate the shooting and identify measures intended to prevent violence in schools.
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The catch
Police had not identified a motive or explained how the student brought firearms onto campus.