Two killed as gunman opens fire at Philippines high school, official says

Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso says the casualties in Zamboanga were both students and included the gunman.

At least 2 hit in Philippine school shooting

At least two people were hit in a shooting in a high school on Tuesday in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga, police said. Regional police spokesperson Major Shellamie Chang said police forces were trying to secure the school campus but she could not immediately provide other details. Witnesses said the campus was Ateneo de Zamboanga University. Journalists at the scene said the suspect was a Grade 7 student and the victims were shot in a classroom. More to follow ...

By Associated Press

Two killed in school shooting at high school in southern Philippines

The president of Ateneo De Zamboanga University confirmed that two people were killed in the attack.

2 dead in school shooting in southern Philippines

The two dead are students, one of whom was the gunman, said Zamboanga Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso.

2 dead in Ateneo de Zamboanga shooting: What we know so far

(4th UPDATE) Initial reports say one of those who died was the shooter

By Nonoy E. Lacson, Jelo Ritzhie Mantaring

Situation at Zamboanga City school ‘under control,’ says PNP

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) maintained that the situation at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University Junior High School in Zamboanga City, where a shooting incident had transpired on Tuesday morning, was now “under control.” “Police personnel immediately coordinated with school authorities and other concerned agencies to ensure the safety and orderly movement

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Foreign minister in Manila for Philippines-Malaysia joint commission meeting

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