Student livestreams school shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga; two students dead

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) —A student livestreamed himself shooting another schoolmate dead before taking his own life at a high school in the Philippines on Tuesday, authorities said. The school shooting, the country's second in as many months, took place at Ateneo de Zamboanga University, a Catholic private institution in western Mindanao. "What we know so far is that (the shooter) went to the classroom of our known victim. He shot the victim, and after doing that, he went up to the fifth floor and shot himself," regional police spokeswoman Shella Chang told AFP. In a separate statement, interior secretary Victor Remulla confirmed the ninth-grade suspect had livestreamed the incident on social media. The alleged shooter's Facebook account has since been disabled. In the video, which was circulated by local media, the barrel of a gun can be seen moving down a hallway in the style of a first-person shooter video game before being pointed into a classroom and fired. Children in school uniforms are then seen screaming and rushing for an exit. Police have not confirmed any additional injuries. National police are now trying to "establish the motive behind the shooting, determine the ownership and source of the firearm used, and find out how it was brought inside the school campus", the interior ministry said in a statement. Hours later, the Philippines' customs department issued a statement saying it had ordered the "preventative suspension" of an agent who owned the guns "allegedly used by the student involved". Customs Deputy Chief of Staff Noel Bendijo told AFP they had acted on intelligence from their own officers in Zamboanga. "The information is that he was the father of (the alleged shooter)... As for the actual firearms used and how the kid was able to access them, all of those are still under investigation," he said. "We've also spoken with the party involved. He understands, but of course, he's also grieving because he also lost his child," Bendijo added. "That's a nightmare for any parent." Police said only that they were still investigating when asked about the customs report.   - 'Deep concern' -   Ateneo de Zamboanga president Father Guillrey Andal, confirming the two fatalities, said the school was "deeply saddened" by the shooting and was cooperating with the investigation. "We are in the process of working with the police for us to be able to identify them, so that we can communicate first with their loved ones," he told reporters earlier in the day, acknowledging the incident had caused "deep concern and worry". "Prior to this, our security team had even been preparing a simulation exercise, precisely because we understand the value to everyone -- our students, our personnel -- of safety." School shootings are rare in the Philippines, but three teenaged students were killed and 20 others wounded in an attack at a school in the central Philippines in June. Ateneo de Zamboanga last month became one of many schools across the country to conduct active shooter drills in the wake of that tragedy. Legal gun ownership is tightly regulated in the Southeast Asian country, but a large black market exists for firearms.

Hundreds of students were evacuated after shots rang out in the high school building of the Ateneo de Zamboanga university campus in the southern port city of Zamboanga.

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.

A ninth-grade student opened fire at a high school in Zamboanga, Philippines, killing a fellow student and himself.

Philippines school shooting livestreamed by student leaves two dead in Zamboanga

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, in the second such incident in the country in less than two months. 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. The gunman, a grade nine student, killed himself. The victim was a male student a grade above him, police said. The university’s president, Ernald Andal, confirmed there was no longer an active shooting and there were no additional fatalities or reported injuries. “We do not want any of these things to happen. We wish to prioritise the safety of all our students,” Andal said. The shooting followed an attack in June at a public high school in Tacloban City 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 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.

The president of Ateneo De Zamboanga University confirmed that two people were killed in the attack.

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, in the second such incident in the country in less than two months. The shooting took place at a school attached to the privately-run […]

Country’s second fatal school shooting in two months took place in city of ⁠Zamboanga and video appeared to be live-streamed on social mediaA student was shot dead at a high school in the southern Philippines before the alleged killer took his own life, the local mayor said, in the second school shooting in the South-east Asian nation in two months.The shooting took ⁠place at a school attached to Ateneo de Zamboanga University in the southern city of ⁠Zamboanga, a Catholic private institution in western Mindanao. Continue reading...

Two students, including the shooter, have been killed and at least two others wounded at a private university campus in the southern port city of Zamboanga.

Content warning: School shooting and violence MANILA — Two people were killed in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday and the situation was now under control, officials said, in the second such incident in the country in nearly two months. The shooting took place at a school attached to the Ateneo […] The post 2 killed in high school shooting in Ateneo de Zamboanga appeared first on Interaksyon.

Content warning: School shooting and violence Gunman took rifle and pistol to school, shot inside classroom, police say Police say victim was a grade 10 student, shooter from grade 9 Incident follows shooting at Philippine school in June that killed 3 students No additional injuries reported, officials say MANILA (Updated 2:10 p.m.)— Two students were […] The post 2 students dead in in Ateneo de Zamboanga shooting including gunman, officials say appeared first on Interaksyon.

A shooting has occurred at a school attached a university in the southern city of Zamboanga in the Philippines, with at least two people confirmed dead.

A shooting has occurred at a school attached a university in the southern city of Zamboanga in the Philippines, with at least two people confirmed dead.

Manila: At least two people were hit in a shooting in a high school Tuesday in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga, police said.Viewer discretion advisedJUST IN: Two people were killed in a school shooting in the Philippines after a student opened fire in a classroom. Police have secured the campus and are investigating the attack. pic.twitter.com/ippQiLwXox pic.twitter.com/F6aBWK69mW pic.twitter.com/MAKLL8jn40— Info Room (@InfoR00M) August 18, 2026 Regional police spokesperson Maj Shellamie Chang said police forces are trying to secure the school campus but she could not immediately provide other details.Witnesses said the campus was Ateneo de Zamboanga University.Journalists at the scene said the suspect is a Grade 7 student and the victims were shot in a classroom.(Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by FPJ's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso says the casualties in Zamboanga were both students and included the gunman.

A high school student carrying two firearms shot to death a fellow student before killing himself on Tuesday in a high school in a university campus in the southern Philippines, an official and police said. Zamboanga city Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso said the suspect apparently wore a body camera to livestream the attack at the high school on the Ateneo de Zamboanga university campus in his city. Two other people were injured, he said. “A [seventh-grader] managed to enter carrying a high-powered...

Zamboanga Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso said both fatalities were students, including the shooter, who had used a "high-powered firearm".