TRAIL OF CHAOS: Overturned chairs, scattered furniture, and school bags left by terrified students are seen inside a classroom of San Jose National High School after the gun attack by two students on Monday morning, June 22, 2026. The police and emergency responders secured the campus and cordoned off classrooms and other areas while an investigation into the shooting continues. —Photos by Roel T. Amazona and Joey A. Gabieta
TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — “I just ran for my life.”
That was how a 16-year-old student described the chaos inside San Jose National High School here on Monday morning, when what began as a routine school day turned into a deadly shooting that left three students dead and 13 others wounded.
The incident marked one of the deadliest school-related attacks recorded in Eastern Visayas, if not the country.
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