The student asked for permission to leave the classroom for a few moments. Polite little gunman. Smarter than your average American kids who would have been poking their heads up for a look or talking shit to the shooter. The student was apprehended by some teachers when he fled the school, and was handed over to the police. His age and other identification were not reported, but Saudi high schools cover roughly the same age group as U.S. high schools.
School shootings are very rare in Saudi Arabia, a strict Muslim country with a low crime rate.
Guns are illegal and very hard to obtain. Proving that banning guns won't prevent this sort of fiasco. The shooting comes about a month after the April 20 killings in Littleton, Colo., in which 15 people died, including a teacher and the two killers. Six students were hurt in a shooting Thursday at a Georgia high school. Two in one week.