An ex-convict stabbed a teacher and several students Friday at an elementary school in the southern Philippines in a melee that left four people dead, including the attacker, and six wounded, police said.
The man, who appeared to be mentally disturbed, barged into a room at the Talisayan Elementary School in Zamboanga City on Friday and fatally stabbed a teacher, police Superintendent Hado Edding said.
The attacker, Fely Mateo, then went to another room, herded 5th grade students into a restroom and stabbed them one by one until parents wrestled with him and stabbed him with his knife.
Killed in the attack were a teacher, a student, the attacker, and an elderly man who was among those who tried to grab Mateo's knife, Edding told The Associated Press.
Four students and two teachers were being treated at Zamboanga's Brent Hospital, including an 11-year-old girl and one teacher in serious condition, said a doctor contacted by phone.
Edding said the attacker was a former murder convict who had served his sentence. It was not clear what prompted the attack.
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