Alleged Zamboanga City school shooter dead — DILG

[Updated Aug. 18, 2026, 12:15 p.m.] MANILA, Philippines — The alleged perpetrator of the shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University died on Tuesday morning, Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla confirmed. Remulla identified the alleged perpetrator as a Grade 9 student. “He entered and started indiscriminately firing, hitting [a Grade 10 student] at the