Senate body unable to locate parents of Tacloban shooting suspect

MANILA, Philippines—  The Senate committee on women could not locate the parents of one of the two suspects in the June 22 fatal shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City.

The committee, headed by Sen. Risa Hontiveros, is looking into the incident, which left three students dead and several others wounded.

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The two suspects were a 15-year-old student identified as alias Rod and a 14-year-old student identified as alias Nash.

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Nash’s aunt, PSSg. Arla Ray Pacencia, whose registered firearm was allegedly used for the shooting, attended the hearing, Hontiveros noted.

“Thank you for your presence. She is the aunt of alias Nash,”  the senator said.

“I mention this to inform everyone that the committee also tried to invite the parents of alias Rod, but we were unable to locate them. I just want that to be on the record,” Hontiveros added.

Also present at the hearing are relatives of some of those killed and wounded in the shooting.

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Among them are the parents of Boy Scout Chris Lorenz Fabian  and Yancee Separa—who were shot dead by the suspects. /mr

NOTE: The English translations in the article were AI-generated

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