Two dead as student opens fire in Philippines school shooting
A student carrying a high-powered firearm targeted classmates inside a classroom in the second school shooting in two months.
On Tuesday morning, a school shooting occurred at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University High School in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines. The incident resulted in the death of one student and the shooter, while two other students sustained injuries. Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso of Zamboanga city informed local radio station DZMM about the tragic event.
The shooter, armed with a high-powered firearm, targeted fellow students inside a classroom before succumbing to the authorities' intervention. Investigations into the incident are currently underway. This marks the second school shooting in the Philippines within a month, a country known for its stringent gun ownership laws. However, firearms occasionally slip into unauthorized hands through the black market.
Earlier this month, a Thai student committed the country's deadliest school attack in recent years, killing six people and injuring more than 20 others at a school north of Bangkok. He had first targeted his grandparents at home.
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