A gunman has opened fire at a high school in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga, killing a student before turning the weapon on himself, according to local officials.
Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso told DZMM radio on Tuesday that the shooting took place at a school attached to the Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga
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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 said.
The university’s president Ernald Andal confirmed there was no longer an active shooting and there were no additional fatalities or reported injuries.
“As of now, we confirm that there are two fatalities,” Andal said. “There are no more active shooters.”
The attack follows a shooting at a public high school in June in Tacloban City in which at least three students were killed and about 20 others injured after two of their schoolmates opened fire on campus.
It also comes less than 10 days after a high-profile incident in Thailand, where a student went on a shooting rampage at a school on the outskirts of the capital Bangkok.
