Two students dead in Philippines school shooting including gunman, officials say

World philippinesshootingTop News Two students dead in Philippines school shooting including gunman, officials say 1920px Ateneo De Zamboanga University Facade April 2019 Relevant News Hormuz crossings rise slightly from weekend, remain in single digits, data shows 18 August 2026 Two students dead in Philippines school shooting including gunman, officials say 18 August 2026 At a Gaza zoo, war takes its toll on the animals 18 August 2026 newsroom 18 August 2026 FacebookXWhatsAppEmailPrintViber Two students were killed in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, one of them the gunman, and the situation was now under control, officials said, the second such incident in the country in less than two months. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ordered law enforcement agencies to investigate and to determine measures to be taken to prevent violence in schools. “Our schools are where we entrust our children to learn, to grow and to dream about the lives ahead of them. They must also be among the safest places in our country,” Marcos said in a statement. The shooting took place at a school attached to the privately-run Ateneo de Zamboanga University in the city of Zamboanga, where the gunman brought a pistol and a rifle onto the school campus and fired at students inside the classroom, according to a preliminary police report. Video aired by GMA News, with images blurred, showed chaotic scenes inside a classroom with students ducking for cover as several gunshots rang out. The victim was a male grade 10 student, police said. The gunman, a grade 9 student, killed himself, police said. Two others were wounded. The shooting followed an attack in June at a public high school in Tacloban City in the central Philippines in which at least three students were killed and about 20 others injured when two of their schoolmates opened fire on campus. School ​shootings are rare in the Philippines, which has relatively strict gun ownership regulations, including background ‌checks ⁠and psychological evaluation requirements, although illegal firearms remain in circulation. News channel ANC showed footage of students and parents gathering outside the school gates with some armed police and soldiers present. Crime scene investigators were seen arriving at the school. The school is a five-storey building on an 8-hectare (19.8 acre) site that houses the university’s grade school and junior high school students, according to its website. The incident came less than 10 days after a high-profile incident in Thailand, where a student went on a shooting rampage at a school on the outskirts of the capital Bangkok. (Reuters) Subscribe to our Newsletter Latest News Hormuz crossings rise slightly from weekend, remain in single digits, data shows At a Gaza zoo, war takes its toll on the animals Indonesia marks its 81st Independence Day On this day: Pope John Paul II announced that the new millennium was threatened by an onslaught of evil in 2002 Nicosia DLGO awaits €2 million fund to tackle dangerous buildings Police make new drug arrests across Cyprus as 2026 seizures reach 323kg of cannabis BBC probe: Dozens of British families misled over IVF donors at occupied north clinics Follow en.philenews on Google News and be the first to know all the news about Cyprus and the world.