Student killed in Philippines Catholic school shooting

A pupil at a Catholic school in the southern Philippines was shot dead by a fellow student, who later took his own life, a local official said on Tuesday. The alleged shooter smuggled a .45‑caliber pistol into a classroom at the school in Zamboanga City, Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso told local radio. He fired at a teacher seated at a table but missed. Afterwards he moved to another classroom and shot a student who later died, Olaso said. Alleged livestream footage of the shooting, circulated by local media, showed what appeared to be a first‑person view, with a gun barrel moving down a hallway, according to AFP. Authorities said the situation was under control and there were no further active shooters. The incident comes two months after a high‑school shooting in Tacloban City in the central region that left three students dead and twenty others wounded. The suspects in that attack were two teenage boys, one of whom was found to have regularly played an explicitly violent online game. The sandbox game Gorebox has been banned in the Philippines and the Senate is investigating the effects of violent video games on young people. Across Southeast Asia, authorities are considering restrictions on social‑media use for minors, citing possible ill effects. Earlier this month, a Thai teenager killed eight people and then himself at his school. Authorities said he had consumed violent content on social media.