The alarming rise of deadly school shootings and extremism in the Philippines | 7.30
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The Philippines has been rocked by three deadly school shootings in just four months. It's an alarming increase of violence in the country, which police believe is linked to a radical subculture that's targeting children online known as "Nihilistic Violent Extremism". The ABC's South-East Asia correspondent Tim Swanston reports from the Philippines with camera Haidarr Jones and producer Hannah Meagher. Warning: this story contains discussion of themes that may be distressing for some viewers. Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-12/online-extremism-rise-in-deadly-school-shootings-philippines/107237852 7.30 is the ABC's flagship current affairs program, delivering original journalism, exclusive investigations, in-depth analysis and interviews on the major issues affecting Australia and the world. With on-the-ground reporting from ABC journalists across every state and territory and around the world, 7.30 has the latest on politics, policy, the economy, cost of living, ho
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