Two students killed in shooting at Zamboanga high school
A grade 9 student and another student were killed after a shooting at a school linked to Ateneo de Zamboanga University in the southern Philippines.
Zamboanga, Philippines. Two students were killed in a shooting at a high school attached to the privately run Ateneo de Zamboanga University on Tuesday, officials said. One of those killed was the grade 9 student identified as the gunman, who took his own life.
Police report
A preliminary police report said the student brought a pistol and a rifle onto the campus and fired at students inside a classroom.
The other victim was a male student in the grade above the gunman, police said.
Situation under control
University president Ernald Andal said there was no longer an active shooting and that there had been no additional fatalities or reported injuries.
“We do not want any of these things to happen. We wish to prioritise the safety of all our students,” Andal said.
Footage broadcast by news channel ANC showed students and parents gathering outside the school gates, where armed police and soldiers were present. Crime scene investigators were also seen arriving.
Previous school attacks
The shooting was the second such incident in the Philippines in less than two months. In June, at least three students were killed and about 20 others injured when two schoolmates opened fire at a public high school in Tacloban City.
School shootings are rare in the Philippines, which has relatively strict gun ownership regulations, including background checks and psychological evaluation requirements, although illegal firearms remain in circulation.
The incident came less than 10 days after a student carried out a shooting rampage at a school on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand.
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