A high school student in the southern Philippines livestreamed his attack on classmates on Facebook Live before killing himself. Mohammad Mael Jalani, a Grade 9 student, shot two people, one of whom was a fellow student who died, while hundreds of students were evacuated from the Ateneo de Zamboanga university campus in Zamboanga. According to Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla, Jalani indiscriminately fired at students and teachers before shooting himself on the fifth floor of the building. The attack is the second fatal school shooting in the Philippines in two months.
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A ninth-grade student in Zamboanga, Philippines, Mohammad Mael Jalani, opened fire at a high school campus on Tuesday, killing a fellow student and himself while wounding two others. The attack was livestreamed using a body-worn camera, showing the suspect firing a gun down a hallway before entering a classroom and shooting another student. Authorities confirmed that the shooter had brought two pistols into the school, one of which belonged to his father, a customs police official. This is the second fatal school shooting in the Philippines in just two months, following an attack in June that killed three high school students. The incident has raised concerns about gun violence and access to firearms in Southeast Asia, where 10.3 million firearms are estimated to be possessed by civilians in Thailand alone.
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Student kills schoolmate and himself in livestreamed Philippine school attack, official says
Attack followed another shooting in June that killed 3 high school students
A high school student carrying two pistols shot to death a fellow student before killing himself Tuesday in an attack in a southern Philippine high school campus that he livestreamed using a body-worn camera, police and other officials said.
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Hundreds of students were evacuated after shots rang out in the high school building of the Ateneo de Zamboanga university campus in the southern port city of Zamboanga.
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Two other people were injured, police and city officials said.
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The suspect, identified by police as Grade 9 student Mohammad Mael Jalani, fired at a teacher sitting in front of a class but apparently missed.
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He then shot a student on the fourth floor of the building before going up one floor and killing himself, police said in an initial report.
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"He entered and started indiscriminately firing, hitting a Grade 10 student at the fourth floor then subsequently went to the fifth floor and jumped from the said building and committed suicide," Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla told reporters.
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"He showed this on Facebook Live starting when he was climbing up the stairs but there were only snippets," Remulla said.
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"We'll look into his gaming history and his chat history, so we cannot come up with a complete answer why this happened until we do a complete forensic analysis.
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Zamboanga City Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso and the police said the suspect shot himself.
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The high school building, where the gun attack happened, is in a secured campus, separate from a larger campus of the privately owned Catholic university where its colleges and professional schools are located in Zamboanga.
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One of the largest and most prestigious universities in the south, Ateneo suspended classes at all levels Tuesday and Wednesday following the attack.
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Joe Darryl Jaron has just driven his child to the school when he heard the gunshots that prompted students to scream in panic and dash to safety.
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He took a video of the commotion and posted it on Facebook.
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"There are gunshots here in Ateneo, help! help," he said.
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A few hours after the shooting, police said the situation was under control.
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They asked parents and guardians of students to remain calm and follow the high school's advice and arrangements to pick up their children.
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"Authorities are currently establishing the circumstances surrounding the incident," national police chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said.
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The police "will provide verified information as appropriate and appeals to the public to refrain from sharing unconfirmed reports, photos, or videos that may cause unnecessary concern."
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1 pistol belonged to suspect's father, official says
The national police "assure the public that the safety and well-being of the school community remain a priority.
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We thank the school administration, parents, guardians, and the community for their patience, co-operation and understanding as authorities continue to manage the situation," Nartatez said.
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One of the pistols carried by the suspect came from his father, the Bureau of Customs police commander in Zamboanga, Bureau of Customs deputy commissioner Nolasco Bathan told reporters.
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He added that he recommended the temporary suspension of the father, who may face administrative charges for failing to properly safeguard the government-issued pistol.
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Crimes involving the use of firearms are prevalent in the Philippines, partly due to the proliferation of unlicensed firearms, but school shootings are relatively rare.
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The shooting happened despite police assurances that security in schools across the country would be strengthened after a shooting in June in which three high school students were killed and at least 20 others were wounded in central Tacloban city.
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Police arrested two students, ages 14 and 15, and accused them of carrying out that shooting.
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