1 Dead After Student Livestreams School Shooting in the Philippines

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1 Dead After Student Livestreams School Shooting in the Philippines

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/world/asia/philippines-school-shooting-zamboanga-city.html

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1 Dead After Student Livestreams School Shooting in the Philippines

The boy shot and killed a schoolmate at a junior high school before fatally turning the gun on himself, the mayor of Zamboanga City said.

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*The shooting took place around 8 a.m. local time in the junior high school building of Ateneo de Zamboanga University.

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Francesca Regalado

Aug. 18, 2026

Updated 5:01 a.m. ET

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A student livestreamed his attack on a junior high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday that left one schoolmate dead, the authorities said.

The gunman shot and killed a male schoolmate before fatally turning the gun on himself, Mayor Khymer Olaso of Zamboanga City said in an interview with a local radio station on Tuesday morning.

The boy was armed with a “high-powered firearm” and a .45-caliber pistol, and livestreamed the shooting on social media, Mr. Olaso said.

The shooting took place around 8 a.m. local time at the junior high school of Ateneo de Zamboanga University. The junior high school is a separate location from the university’s main campus in Zamboanga City on the southern island of Mindanao.

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The student who was identified by the authorities as the gunman, as well as the victim, were both minors, the police said. Mr. Olaso said an investigation was underway.

In a clip from the livestream that was verified by The New York Times, the gunman walks down a hallway before stopping at the door of a classroom and aiming his weapon at a teacher. When he misses, students scramble for the door.

The gunman then walks down a hallway and appears to have a problem with his weapon. He pulls out a pistol and fires at students in a second classroom. The students run for the doors, but one appears to be struck by a bullet and falls.

Rev. Guillrey Anthony Andal, the president of Ateneo de Zamboanga University, said in a news briefing that all other students had been evacuated safely. He said that classes at all levels of the university were suspended on Tuesday and Wednesday, including at an elementary school on the same campus as the junior high.

The shooting in Zamboanga City came less than two months after two teenagers killed three people and wounded seven others after opening fire at their high school in Tacloban, a city in the central Philippines. The boys were arrested, and the police said the motive appeared to be a grudge over bullying.

Jason Gutierrez contributed reporting.

Francesca Regalado

is a Times reporter covering breaking news.

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