The Police Regional Office 8 has taken into custody two junior high school students allegedly involved in the shooting incident at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, on Monday, June 22, 2026. — Photos from Philippine News Agency/Facebook
MANILA, Philippines — The firearms used in the shooting incident at a Tacloban City high school on Monday allegedly belonged to a policewoman who was one of the suspects’ aunt and a security agency, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP).
Earlier, the Police Regional Office Eastern Visayas (PRO 8) said it recovered a caliber .38 revolver and a 9mm pistol from two suspects, who were minors.
“Upon verification the 9mm Glock belongs or was issued to a policewoman assigned in PRO 8,” PNP public information chief Col. Allen Rae Co said in a press briefing in Camp Crame on Monday afternoon.
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