Philippine teen kills two students in school shooting

The West Australian Nestor Corrales and Karen Lema

18 Sept 2026 18:52 AEST Summary

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18 Sept 2026 21:32 AEST the headline was changed: Philippine teen kills two ~~killed~~ students in ~~latest~~ school shooting~~in Philippines~~

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From the report

The southern Philippines has been affected by its third school shooting since June, with at least two people dead and eight others injured.

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Indicators

Niral Score 14.2 mundaneloaded

None in this text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

school2shooting2

Sentiment -0.1 hostilefavourable Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 16 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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The West Australian Philippine teen kills two students in school shooting plain
WAtoday Two students killed in Philippine school shooting plain

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Outlet	Niral Score
The West Australianas they published this story	14.2

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The same event elsewhere

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WAtoday Two students killed in Philippine school shooting Niral 11.1 political 0 Brisbane Times Two students killed in Philippine school shooting Niral 11.1 political 0 The Age Two students killed in Philippine school shooting Niral 11.1 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Two students killed in Philippine school shooting Niral 11.1 political 0