Tacloban school shooting was planned weeks before — police

MANILA, Philippines — The assailants in the shooting incident inside a Tacloban City high school planned it weeks before the incident. This was according to the Police Regional Office Eastern Visayas (PRO 8).

At least three students were killed, and several others were wounded or injured by the perpetrators — two male Grade 9 students aged 14 and 15 — who opened fire inside the San Jose National High School premises on Monday morning.

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“Based on our information, as early as May 1, if I’m not mistaken. They’ve been planning this since April or May,” PRO 8 director Brig. Gen. Jason Capoy told reporters in a phone interview.

He also addressed but neither confirmed nor denied rumors circulating online that the two suspects had coordinated how to sneak their guns into the school; and were supposedly aware of the provisions of Republic Act No. 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act.

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“It’s worrisome because it seems they know a lot. They’ve studied it. They’ve read the law,” Capoy added. /gsg

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