Catholics in the Philippines observed a day of mourning on August 19, one day after a shooting at a Catholic school left two students dead. A ninth-grade student shot and killed a classmate in the grade above him on the morning of August 18 at the junior high school campus of Ateneo de Zamboanga University…
Second Philippine school shooting in 2 months hits Jesuit university
People gather outside Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga, southern Philippines, Aug. 18, 2026, after a shooting that resulted in the deaths of at least two people. The shooting at the Jesuit-run school, which saw a student kill a fellow student before killing himself, sparked shock and reignited alarm over juvenile delinquency and campus security. Photo: OSV News/Nonoy Lacson, Reuters.
