A gunman opened fire on a university campus in the Philippine capital region on Sunday, killing a former town mayor and two others in a brazen attack ahead of a graduation ceremony, police said.
The said suspect was armed with two pistols and a silencer. The said suspect was captured as he was trying to escape the Ateneo de Manila University in suburban Quezon City. Luckily, the gunman was blocked by witnesses and authorities outside the university gates.
The sprawling university was put under lockdown and the graduation rates at the law school on campus were canceled, police said.
The said suspect is a medical doctor who has had a long-running feud with Rosita Furigay, a former mayor of Lamitan town in southern Basilan province.
Rosita together with her aide and a university guard had died in the shootout. Rosita’s daughter was also wounded and taken to a hospital for treatment
Video of the aftermath of the shooting showed students and officials in graduation gowns screaming and running away in panic in the lobby of the school building while others tended to the victims who were sprawled on the ground in the driveway.
