Student kills self in Makati

MANILA, Philippines - A 24-year-old nursing student allegedly shot herself in her condominium unit in Barangay Bel-Air, Makati City yesterday afternoon.

City police chief Senior Superintendent Froilan Bonifacio said Berne Asha Gran was found dead at around 4 p.m. by her sisker, Majken Anika Gran, in her bedroom.

Police said Gran, who studied at St. Jude College, was found with a gunshot wound in the right temple and investigators recovered a .9mm pistol near her right hand.

Police initially ruled Gran’s death as a suicide.