{"id":4831,"date":"2026-08-18T06:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4831"},"modified":"2026-08-18T06:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:06:25","slug":"two-students-dead-in-philippines-school-shooting-including-gunman-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4831","title":{"rendered":"Two students dead in Philippines school shooting including gunman, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>MANILA, Aug 18 (Reuters) &#8211; 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.  <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4829\">One person killed when SUV crashes into turning vehicle, South Carolina cops say<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The gunman, a grade 9 student, killed himself. The victim was a male student a grade above him, police said. <\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The university&#8217;s president Ernald Andal confirmed there was no longer an active shooting and there were no additional fatalities or reported injuries. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do not want any of these things to happen. We wish to prioritise the safety of all our students,&#8221; Andal said.   <\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4828\">This NC-based chain ranks No. 1 for fast-food breakfast for 4th year in a row<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>School \u200bshootings are rare in the Philippines, which has relatively strict gun ownership regulations, including background \u200cchecks \u2060and psychological evaluation requirements, although illegal firearms remain in circulation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The school is a five-storey building on an 8-hectare (19.8 acre) site that houses the university&#8217;s grade school and junior high school students, according to its website.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>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.  <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4826\">Man tied to Kansas City Mafia, strip clubs is behind Missouri AG\u2019s discrimination case<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Karen Lema and Mikhail Flores; Editing by John Mair, Martin Petty)<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i> Copyright Reuters or USA Today Network via Reuters Connect.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Aug 18 (Reuters) &#8211; 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