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Law and crime
Two people, both students including the perpetrator, are killed while nine others are injured in a mass shooting at a junior secondary school building of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga City, Philippines. (Reuters via CNA) (The Philippine Star)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateneo_de_Zamboanga_University
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamboanga_City
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines
- https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/philippines-school-shooting-two-dead-zamboanga-6324951
- https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2026/08/18/2550109/2-reported-dead-9-injured-ateneo-de-zamboanga-shooting/
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Politics and elections
Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema is declared the winner by the electoral commission, re-electing him to a second term. (AP)