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Philippines school shooting kills 2 students
BBC News··18 Sept
A 16-year-old gunman shot two 14-year-old students dead and injured eight others at Banga National High School in Mindanao before killing himself, Mayor Albert Palencia told the BBC. Four of the injured were in critical condition. Classes were suspended across the Banga municipality on Friday. It is the third deadly Philippine school shooting since June.
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What It Means For You
- The education department said it is coordinating support and asked people not to share unverified information.
- The Philippines Red Cross said it was alerted at 14:00 local time and sent an ambulance with four paramedics.
- South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo urged adults to store firearms so minors cannot access them.
What's Happening
- Palencia told Reuters the gunman warned friends at lunch that he would execute a plan after the break.
- He said the shooter hit 10 students before killing himself.
- Police were investigating at the site, local media reported.
Recent Campus Shootings in the Country
- In June, three students were killed at a high school in the central Philippines.
- In August, a student at a Catholic junior high in the south shot a fellow student and then himself.
- BBC noted school shootings remain rare nationally even as gun ownership rates are high in the region.
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