3 dead, 7 wounded in rare Philippines school shooting, police say

Manila, Philippines — Two 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 victims were students of the San Jose National High School in Tacloban city, southeast of Manila, where the mid-morning shooting happened, regional police chief Brig. Gen. Jason Capoy said. 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 the suspects, who were close friends, said in initial questioning that they were bullied in school. He didn't elaborate. They have no criminal records, Capoy said. They managed to bring the guns into the campus because there was only one guard on duty at multiple entrances and exits, he added. Police officers stand near the scene of a high school compound in Tacloban City, Philippines where three students were killed and several others wounded on June 22, 2026. Noel Sianosa / AFP via Getty Images National police spokesman Allen Rae Co told a media briefing a 9 mm pistol used in the shooting was registered to a policewoman in the region and she was taken into custody, French news agency AFP reported. Co said the other weapon used in the shooting, a .38 caliber revolver, was registered to a security agency in Cebu City in the central Philippines. …