15-yr-old Mexican student shoots teacher, classmates, kills himself

A 15-year-old Mexican student went berserk when he opened fire with a gun at a private school in northern Mexico city injuring his teacher and three other students before killing himself.

According to State security spokesman, Aldo Fasci, four of the injured, including the shooter himself, had bullet wounds to the head and were in extremely serious condition.

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He said the student shot the 24-year-old teacher, a 14-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy in the head, and a 15-year-old classmate in the arm. He then pointed the gun at classmates before shooting himself in the head.

“The classes were going perfectly well, the student stands up from his desk and pulls out a gun,” Fasci said.

Fasci also noted that the shooter had been under treatment for depression, but that the motive was under investigation.

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