MANILA: A school shooting in Tacloban that left three students dead and 20 others injured was apparently planned for weeks by two teenage suspects, Philippine police said, as they stepped up security in the city’s educational institutions on Wednesday.
The shooting, which took place at the San Jose National High School in the capital of Leyte province on Monday morning, sent shockwaves across the country as no similar incident has been recorded in its recent history.
Two suspects, aged 15 and 14, both students at the school, fired at least 34 rounds, killing three peers and wounding 15 others. Five more children sustained injuries not caused by gunfire, according to an investigation by the Philippine National Police.
“All indications point to the fact that it was really planned,” Col. Allen Rae Co, police spokesperson, told reporters.
“Initially, it appears that the motive of the crime was a grudge for school bullying.”
