Shooting at high school in the Philippines leaves 2 students and gunman dead, several injured
Eight others were injured, with four in critical condition, officials said, as authorities investigated the motive and the 16-year-old suspect’s access to a handgun.
- A shooting at Banga National High School in the southern Philippines left two 14-year-old students and the teenage gunman dead.
- At least eight other people were wounded in the attack, which occurred Friday in the town of Banga, South Cotabato.
- Police secured the school and are investigating the shooting while coordinating with school officials and medical responders.
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Multiple dead, including gunman, in school shooting in the Philippines
Three students were killed in a school shooting in the southern Philippines, including a 16-year-old suspected gunman who turned the gun on himself, provincial officials said. NBC News' Matt Bodner has the details.
Philippine teen kills 2 students, himself in school shooting | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
MANILA >> A 16-year-old student shot dead at least two fellow students and then killed himself at a school in the southern Philippines on Friday, provincial officials said.
The shooter told his colleagues to go home because “he was going to do something.” However, friends thought it was a joke.
His friends told the authorities that the aggressor was part of an online community that idolized school shooters; the weapon belonged to his father.
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