Two students have died and another two people sustained injuries in a shooting at a school in the Philippines. The alleged shooter, one of the deceased, managed to sneak a .45-calibre pistol into a classroom at the school in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, August 18.
Live-streamed attack
The city's 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. A video circulating on social media captures what appears to be the horrific incident.
The suspect fired on a teacher who was seated at the table, but missed. The suspect subsequently moved to another classroom and shot a student who later died, Mr Olaso told a local radio station.
Context and gun laws
A separate high school shooting took place in the central region just two months earlier, killing three students and injuring 20 others.
The Philippines has relatively strict gun ownership regulations, including background checks and psychological evaluation requirements. Illegal firearms remain in circulation, however.
