ZAMBONGA CITY, The Philippines — 18 August 2026, Two students were killed in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines, authorities said, with the situation now under control.
The shooting took place at a school overseen by Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines.
Zamboanga City Mayor Kimerer Adan Olaso told radio station DZMM that both victims were students and that one of them was the suspected shooter. The gunman reportedly used a high-powered firearm.