MANILA -Three people were killed Sunday in a rare shooting at a university in the Philippine capital Manila, officials said, in what appears to have been a targeted assassination.  The incident happened at Ateneo de Manila University as law students and their families arrived for a graduation ceremony that was to be attended by the Supreme Court chief justice.  Rose Furigay, a former city mayor in the restive southern province of Basilan and whose daughter was among the graduates, was killed, authorities said. Furigay’s executive assistant and a university security guard were also killed.  Her daughter was wounded and is in a “stable condition” in hospital, police said. “We are quite distraught and bereaved by this occurrence,” Joy Belmonte, the mayor of a local government unit where the shooting happened, told AFP. The alleged gunman fled the scene by forcing a driver out of their vehicle, before abandoning it and continuing his getaway in a jeepney, police said.  He was eventually detained near a church. recovered two handguns and a silencer allegedly used by the suspect, who they identified as Chao Tiao Yumul and said had a “long history” of legal disputes with Furigay. Yumul was on a bail for a cyberlibel charge.  “This looks to be a determined assassin,” said Police Brigadier General Remus Medina told reporters, describing the incident as “isolated”. Yumul, with abrasions on his face, was presented by police to reporters.  Two Palestinians killed in Israeli West Bank raid: Palestinian ministry He accused Furigay of being a “drug lord” and that her family had ordered three attacks on him. School and university shootings are rare in the Philippines despite its lax gun rules. But targeted killings of politicians are fairly common, particularly during elections. Furigay, whose family dominates politics in Lamitan City, served three terms as mayor and was prevented by the constitution from seeking re-election in the May 9 polls. The university cancelled the graduation ceremony.