{
  "id": 1684498,
  "title": "Two students dead in Philippines school shooting including gunman, officials say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/two-students-dead-in-philippines-school-shooting-including-gunman",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T10:08:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Maverick",
    "slug": "daily-maverick",
    "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-18-two-students-dead-in-philippines-school-shooting-including-gunman-officials-say/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two students were killed and three others wounded in a school shooting at a high school in Zamboanga, southern Philippines, on Tuesday. The gunman, a grade 9 student, also died in the incident. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered a thorough investigation into the matter and called for measures to prevent such violence in schools. This is the second such incident in the country in less than two months, following an attack in June at a public high school in Tacloban City that left at least three students dead and about 20 others injured. School shootings in the Philippines are rare due to strict gun ownership regulations, but illegal firearms remain in circulation.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}