SecurityQuiet 84d · day 86
Teacher may have been target in Zamboanga school shooting, investigators say
A Grade 9 student killed a classmate at Ateneo de Zamboanga, then himself, using a gun from his father's car.
What to know
- A Grade 9 student at a private school in Zamboanga killed a classmate and wounded two others using a gun from his father's vehicle, then died by suicide.
- The firearm was issued by the Bureau of Customs to the shooter's father, a district commander now suspended from his post.
- Investigators are examining whether a teacher, rather than the deceased student, was the intended target of the shooting.
- The NBI is investigating links between this incident and other recent school violence cases in the Philippines.
“The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is looking into the possibility that the shooting incident at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU) Junior High School is connected to other recent cases of school-related violence in the country.”
NBI Director Melvin Matibag, NBI director · Philippine Daily Inquirer
Shooter Grade 9 student, Ateneo de ZamboangaShooter's father Suspended Customs district commanderEducation Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara Education SecretaryNBI Director Melvin Matibag National Bureau of Investigation directorCommission on Human Rights Government agencyAteneo de Zamboanga University Institution
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