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Shooting at high school in the Philippines leaves 2 students and gunman dead, several injured

Eight others were injured, with four in critical condition, officials said, as authorities investigated the motive and the 16-year-old suspect’s access to a handgun.

  • A shooting at Banga National High School in the southern Philippines left two 14-year-old students and the teenage gunman dead.
  • At least eight other people were wounded in the attack, which occurred Friday in the town of Banga, South Cotabato.
  • Police secured the school and are investigating the shooting while coordinating with school officials and medical responders.
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The shooter told his colleagues to go home because “he was going to do something.” However, friends thought it was a joke.

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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His friends told the authorities that the aggressor was part of an online community that idolized school shooters; the weapon belonged to his father.

·Vicente López, Argentina
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Global News broke the news in Toronto, Canada on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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