Archive · 18 Aug 2026
Philippines School Shooting: Two Students Dead, Grade 7 Suspect
Something very sad and scary happened at a school in the Philippines.
A person shot two students inside a classroom.
Both students died.
The person who is suspected of doing this is also a student.
He is in Grade 7, which is like the seventh year of school.
The shooting happened at a university called Ateneo de Zamboanga University.
It is in a city called Zamboanga.
The mayor of the city told people about what happened.
Police went to the school to keep everyone safe.
People are still learning more about why this happened.
Two students were killed in a school shooting in Zamboanga, Philippines, on Tuesday, August 18.
The suspected gunman is a Grade 7 student, and the city mayor identified one of the casualties as the suspected gunman.
Witnesses said the shooting occurred inside a classroom at Ateneo de Zamboanga University.
Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso confirmed the incident and said both casualties were students.
Regional police spokesperson Maj Shellamie Chang said police were securing the campus, with few other details immediately available.
- Who
- Two students (one identified by the mayor as the suspected gunman), Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso, and police spokesperson Maj Shellamie Chang
- What
- A shooting inside a classroom at a school in Zamboanga left two students dead; the suspected gunman is a Grade 7 student
- When
- Tuesday, August 18
- Where
- Ateneo de Zamboanga University, Zamboanga, Philippines
- Why
- Not stated in the articles
- Incident
- School shooting
- Casualties
- 2 students dead
- Suspected gunman
- Grade 7 student
- Location
- Ateneo de Zamboanga University (per witnesses)
- City
- Zamboanga, Philippines
- Date
- Tuesday, August 18
- Confirmed by
- Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso
- Police spokesperson
- Maj Shellamie Chang
