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 June 22, 2026. — PHOTOS FROM PHILIPPINE NEWS AGENCY/FACEBOOK
MANILA, Philippines — Both suspects in the fatal shooting incident at a Tacloban City high school tested positive for gunpowder in the paraffin test, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP).
A paraffin test determines the presence of gunpowder residue on a person’s hands, which may indicate if they had recently fired a gun.
“The paraffin examination of the two has been completed and they both tested positive for gunpowder nitrate,” PNP public information chief Col. Allen Rae Co said in an interview on DZMM on Tuesday night.
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