A 15-year-old boy allegedly shot and killed two female staff members, ​one of whom was reportedly a teacher, at ‌a private school in Mexico’s western state of Michoacan, local authorities said on Tuesday.

A student at the Makarenko School, ​located in the port city of Lazaro ​Cardenas, reportedly used a high-powered assault rifle during ⁠the attack, the local Department of Public Safety ​said.

In a post on X, local authorities said two ​victims with multiple gunshot wounds were found at the scene and that the suspect had been arrested.

Another state government source ​told Reuters that “the victims appear to be a ​teacher and another person from the administrative staff.”

The state prosecutor’s ‌office ⁠did not specify what positions the two victims held at the school.

The alleged attacker was a high school student preparing for college.

Reuters attempted to contact the ​school but ​did not ⁠immediately receive a response to a request for comment.

Michoacan has long been one ​of Mexico’s most violent states and is ​a ⁠hotbed for extortion, kidnapping and other criminal activities.

It is also a major recruiting ground for criminal groups ⁠battling ​over drug trafficking routes.

School shootings ​are rare in Mexico despite high levels of violence linked to ​organized crime.