JAKARTA - At least three students were killed and seven others were injured in a mass shooting that occurred at a school in central Philippines on Monday, June 22 local time.
The police said they had arrested two suspects in the shooting at the San Jose National High School in Tacloban City.
From the hands of the second suspect, the police secured a revolver-type firearm and a Glock 9 mm pistol.
In footage circulating on social media, students are seen hiding in classrooms as bursts of gunfire are heard.
Tacloban City Police suspect that the shooting, which took place at 9 am local time, was based on personal revenge that was allegedly rooted in bullying or bullying at school.
Incidents of shooting in school environments in the Philippines are almost never there. This incident makes parents and guardians in the Philippines surprised, not a few also feel angry.
"This is very sad. Are our young people imitating their counterparts in America?" said Patricio Capuli, a resident of Pasay City to AN.
"The fact that high school students are planning to bring guns, ammunition, and kill their friends is very, very worrying," he continued.
Capuli then highlighted the viral video of the arrest of the suspects in the shooting.
"How did two teenagers bring high-powered firearms into a classroom without the guards knowing? As a parent, I find this very, very strange... I feel that the response time of the authorities is very slow considering that three people were killed," he said.
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