Second school shooting in two months hits Philippines, one student dead
MANILA, Aug 18 — A student was shot dead at a junior high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday before the...
MANILA — A seventh-grader brought a high-powered firearm and a .45 caliber pistol to Ateneo de Zamboanga University, a Catholic private school in western Mindanao, resulting in one student's death and two others injured. The shooter allegedly entered the school, first targeting a teacher, then another student, before taking his own life.
Videos circulating on social media show the alleged shooter moving down a hallway with a gun in a manner reminiscent of a first-person shooter video game before entering a classroom and firing. Following the incident, the school emphasized the safety of its students, coordinating with parents to collect their children and ensuring the safety of remaining staff and students on campus.
This marks the second school shooting in the Philippines within two months; in June, three teenage students were killed and 20 others wounded in another incident on the central Philippines. While legal gun ownership is tightly regulated in the Southeast Asian nation, a significant black market exists for firearms.
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