Overview
- A ninth-grade pupil entered the Ateneo de Zamboanga campus armed with a rifle and a pistol and opened fire during the morning, killing a classmate before taking his own life, local officials said Tuesday.
- Authorities confirmed two deaths and said multiple people were wounded, but reports disagree on the injured total with some outlets citing higher figures than official counts.
- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered an exhaustive investigation and the Philippine National Police has secured the scene while the school evacuated students and suspended classes.
- The Bureau of Customs removed the suspect’s father from his post pending inquiries into whether one of the firearms was linked to him and investigators are tracing the guns’ origin.
- The episode was partly broadcast from a body-mounted camera on Facebook, the video was removed by the platform yet copies spread on other networks, and the case has intensified debate over youth access to guns and violent online content following a June school shooting in Tacloban.