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Student killed classmate and himself at school in Philippines, mayor says

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A high school student shot and killed a fellow student before killing himself Tuesday at the Ateneo de Zamboanga university campus in Zamboanga City, the mayor and police said. The suspect apparently wore a body camera to livestream the attack and carried two firearms. Two other people were injured, and the suspect initially fired at a teacher before shooting the student. The shooting came less than two weeks after a school shooting in Thailand.

Key Facts

  • Zamboanga city Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso said the suspect apparently wore a body camera to livestream the attack.
  • The suspect carried two firearms.
  • Two other people were injured.
  • The suspect initially fired at a teacher, but it was not clear whether the teacher was hit.
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Security guards keep watch as vehicles exit the Ateneo de Zamboanga University following a shooting incident in Zamboanga, southern Philippines, Aug. 18. AP-Yonhap

Security guards keep watch as vehicles exit the Ateneo de Zamboanga University following a shooting incident in Zamboanga, southern Philippines, Aug. 18. AP-Yonhap

MANILA, Philippines — A high school student carrying two firearms shot to death a fellow student before killing himself Tuesday in a high school in a university campus in the southern Philippines, an official and police said.

Zamboanga city Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso said the suspect apparently wore a body camera to livestream the attack at the high school on the Ateneo de Zamboanga university campus in his city. Two other people were injured, he said.

The suspect initially fired at a teacher but it was not clear if the teacher was hit. He then shot a fellow student, who died, before shooting himself, Olaso told DZBB radio network.

The shooting in the Philippines occurred less than two weeks after a school shooting in Thailand.

Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul took steps to restrict guns in the Southeast Asian country after a 14-year-old boy killed his grandparents, five school staff members and a 12-year-old girl in Nonthaburi province outside Bangkok.

Thailand’s high rate of gun ownership is second only to Pakistan in Asia, and far surpasses its Southeast Asian neighbors.

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