Four Killed, Nine Injured in Shooting at High School in Southern Philippines
The agency ordered a 24-hour inventory of all issued service firearms after the shooter’s guns were traced to a customs police officer.
- On Tuesday, August 18, 2026, a student killed one classmate before taking his own life at Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga City. Police confirmed two deaths at the junior high school campus along Tumaga-Lunzuran Road.
- Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno ordered the "relief and preventive suspension" of the customs police officer whose issued firearms were used by the minor shooter. The Bureau of Customs confirmed one weapon was agency-issued.
- Nine people were reported injured during the attack. AdZU president Father Guillrey Anthony Ernald Andal noted the school recently conducted its first "Human-Induced Simulation Exercise" on July 18, reflecting ongoing safety preparations.
- Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla emphasized authorities must examine "accountability" regarding illegal firearm use. Commissioner Nepomuceno mandated a strict 24-hour deadline for all Bureau units to submit a complete inventory of issued service firearms.
- Zamboanga City Police Office director Colonel Fidel Fortaleza confirmed officers cleared the university campus and accounted for all students. He assured the public there is no remaining threat in Zamboanga City following the incident.
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Young shooter used Customs-issued firearm in Ateneo de Zamboanga shooting
MANILA, Philippines — Customs (BOC) Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno on Tuesday relieved the district commander of the Enforcement and Security Services (ESS) in Zamboanga port, father of the Grade 9 student who went on a shooting spree inside the Ateneo de Zamboanga University campus where at least two people, including the shooter, died on Tuesday.
Gun issued to Customs official used in Ateneo de Zamboanga shooting
CEBU, Philippines – One of the guns used in the shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU) on Tuesday morning, August 18, was issued by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to the shooter’s father, the district commander at the Port of Zamboanga, Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno told Rappler. “I had to relieve him immediately to have an impartial investigation,” Nepomuceno said. The gun attack, which killed two students, including the shooter, occurr…
Customs gun used in Ateneo de Zamboanga shooting; officer suspended
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) ordered an immediate crackdown on service firearm custody after a customs police officer’s weapon was allegedly used in a shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga on Tuesday, Aug. 18.Customs Commissioner Ariel F. Nepomuceno placed the officer on preventive suspension and relieved them of duty pending a full investigation into how the student obtained the firearm. The bureau has directed its deputy commissioners and regional of…
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