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| Mexico school shooting 'injures three' | Mexico school shooting 'injures three' |
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| A shooting at an American school in the north-eastern Mexican city of Monterrey has left at least three people injured, officials say. | |
| A student opened fire at the Colegio Americano del Noreste, injuring a teacher, another student and himself, a state security spokesman said. | |
| The nationalities of those shot were not clear. Reports said the injured were in a serious condition. | |
| Shootings at schools are extremely rare in Mexico. | Shootings at schools are extremely rare in Mexico. |
| Aldo Fasci, a security spokesman of Nuevo Leon state, called the incident unprecedented. | |
| He said a video showed the gunman shooting the teacher and the student. He then pointed the gun at other students, before shooting himself. | |
| "[This] is result of a situation that is happening everywhere. The children have access to the internet. This has happened in other countries," he said. | |
| Mr Fasci said it was not clear how the student got the gun into the school. | |
| He added that Mexico once had a system in place to check student bags but it ended after parents complained. |