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World 22 Jun 2026

2 students in custody after shooting at high school in Philippines kills 3

An investigation is underway to determine the cause. Police said the suspects claimed they were bullied at school.

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Police said the suspects claimed they were bullied at school. MANILA, PhilippinesTwo students armed with hand guns opened fire in a high school in the central Philippines on Monday, killing three fellow students and wounding another seven, police said. The suspects, aged 14 and 15, were arrested. The suspects and the victims were students of the San Jose National High School in Tacloban city, where the mid-morning shooting happened, regional police chief Brig. An investigation was underway to determine the cause of the shooting in the government-run school, which has more than 1,500 students. Capoy said that the suspects, who were close friends, said in initial questioning that they were bullied in school. One of the suspects got the 9 mm pistol he used in the attack from an aunt, a police officer, who was now being investigated. "The suspects barged into two rooms because after the shooting in the first, the children scampered and the suspects apparently ran after some victims into another room," Capoy told reporters. Most of the dead and wounded were female students, he said. Other videos show visibly terrified students streaming out of the school campus, some holding and embracing each other. One of the suspects was arrested in the school after the attack but the second fled and hid in a house nearby.

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