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One dead in rare Panama campus shooting
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June 7, 2024

One dead in rare Panama campus shooting

PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP) — A rare campus shooting in Panama left at least one person dead after a man opened fire on a group of university students, the school’s head said Friday.

Another person was wounded in the attack involving an unidentified gunman, University of Panama rector Eduardo Flores said on social media platform X.

He said the victims were agricultural sciences students.

Shootings in universities and schools are not common in Panama, a country of 4.2 million people that recorded 544 homicides in 2023.

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